I would suggest you take a moment & look up the "K1FO High Performance
Designs" on the Net. He published a paper covering his designs for 144,
222, and 432 MHz with easy to follow charts showing designs for 3 ele to 33
elements and more for 432. A bit of reading and careful planning will
reward you with something worth owning. I am not a fan of the cheepie
antenna designs splattered everywhere... If you give the project a bit more
effort you can have an award winning designed yagi that will last for
decades.
Too many folks are looking for instant gratification in everything and I
think its a waste of life to constantly settling for "quick and easy".
Nothing worthwhile is ever quick and easy, and quality doesn't have to be
overly hard either.
Some Links of Interest attached below.
Your Mileage May Vary...
73 de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
Adapt, Overcome, Succeed!
http://elabweb.hpa.edu/public/projects/KH6HPA/ARRL/ARRL%20antenna%20book/program%20files/ARRL%20Antenna%20Book%2022nd%20Edition/ARRL%20Antenna%20Book%2022nd%20Edition%20Content/15.pdf
http://dg7ybn.de/Milestones_in_Yagi_Design.htm
http://www.w8io.com/VHF-antennas.htm
A Searchable Index of the old "Ham Radio" Magazine
https://mikeyancey.com/hamradiomag/listcat.php?CatID=1.3
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 6:24 PM Bill Turner via VHFcontesting <
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> You might try building your own, look up Cheap Yagis for Kent Britain's
> article. I've done both 2m and 440 beams for very little cost that work
> well.
> Bill, W4WNT
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> From: Patrick Thomas <p-thomas@mindspring.com>
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> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Short 70cm mount 70 cm yagi antennas
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> > I'm curious does anyone have any recent experience with 70 cm antennas
> > with a boom length of 6 feet or less that are centre mounted ?
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> Cushcraft A430-11S is a center-mounted 4.6' boom
> I have a Diamond A430S10 (center-mounted 43") which works decently.
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