Ross’s Antennas
Here are some of the antennas I have designed.
The Quadix.
http://home.comcast.net/~ross_anderson/quadix.htm
The Quadix is a circularly polarized parasitic array, sort of
a cross between a helix and a quad (or loop yagi). Detailed instructions
are provided for the construction of a 4 element antenna for two meters.
Also included are instructions for a 300 to 50 ohm quarter wave transformer and
current balun.
The Grid Yagi.
http://home.comcast.net/~ross_anderson/GridYagi.htm
The Grid Yagi is a two meter 6 element yagi made from
galvanized welded wire fencing.
The next three antennas are multi-element omnidirectional collinears
for two meters. The Simple Collinear is a vertically polarized
omni. The Cycloid Collinear is a circularly polarized omni. The HO
Collinear is a horizontal omni. All antennas are multi-element, but each
has a single 50 ohm feedpoint. All have been modeled using mininec.
All can be easily modified to increase gain and make taller to improve
coverage.
The Simple Collinear.
http://home.comcast.net/~ross_anderson/sc.htm
The Simple Collinear is a high performance vertical omni for
two meters that is simple to model, and simple and inexpensive to build, making
it an improvement over the standard coax collinear antenna.
The Cycloid Collinear, a CP Omni.
http://home.comcast.net/~ross_anderson/CycloidCollinear.htm
The Cycloid Collinear is a right hand circularly polarized
omni for two meters consisting of 2½ elements (3 horizontal and 2 vertical).
The HO Collinear, a Horizontal Omni.
http://home.comcast.net/~ross_anderson/HOCollinear.htm
The HO Collinear is a 4 element horizontally polarized omni
for two meters.
The next antenna is one that I have been working on for a
long time, from first idea in about 1960, to making one in 1984 (and publishing
in QST), to improving on it in 1994, to finally publishing it on my web site in
2007.
The Curtain Quad.
http://home.comcast.net/~ross_anderson/CurtainQuad.htm
See also
http://home.comcast.net/~ross_anderson/2400MHzAntenna.htm
which is a Curtain Quad for 802.11 at 2.4GHz.
There are a number of antennas and topics related to
antennas that I have worked on over the years. I will try to publish some
of them here. The first one is a rhombic where the terminating resistor
is replaced by a transmission line feeding back the energy to the input where
it can be radiated instead of being dissipated.
http://home.comcast.net/~ross_anderson/FBRhombic.htm
Have you ever looked at some of the rooftop tv antennas and
wonder how some of them worked? There was one in particular that I became
interested in. The next two antennas are based on this antenna. The
first one covers the 5 ham bands between 14 and 30 MHz, the second is a wire
antenna that covers the 3.5 to 4.0 MHz ham band.
http://home.comcast.net/~ross_anderson/Pyramid.htm
http://home.comcast.net/~ross_anderson/80Wire.htm
My home page, Ross’s Antennas, is
http://home.comcast.net/~ross_anderson/
Ross Anderson W1HBQ
May 21, 2004 July 27, 2006 March 13, 2007 June 11, 2007 October 6, 2007
January 8, 2008
E-mail me at
ross_anderson@comcast.net