I heard about EME on twitter, and then JM1WBB Seki told me about specific antennas and I decided to consider it!
The following is a list of http://www.qsl.net/dk7zb/start1.htm Antennas featured in (Both the data and the photo of the antenna are from the website)
Element-lengths (Rad
12mm), updated data 04/2010
The given length of the radiator
The given length of the radiator element is from tip to tip, including 10mm spacing for the insulated part.
The given length of the radiator element is from tip to tip, including 10mm spacing for the insulated part.
Gain 13,2 dBd F/B 24 dB
Diam.
Ref
Rad
D 1
D 2
D 3
D 4
D 5
D 6
D 7
D 8
10 mm
1011 mm
964 mm
946 mm
911 mm
898 mm
884 mm
877 mm
871 mm
881 mm
866 mm
3/8"
1012 mm
965 mm
948 mm
913 mm
900 mm
886 mm
879 mm
873 mm
883 mm
868 mm
8 mm
1014 mm
965 mm
956 mm
918 mm
905 mm
892 mm
885 mm
879 mm
889 mm
874 mm
6 mm
1016 mm
966 mm
955 mm
925 mm
913 mm
900 mm
894 mm
888 mm
897 mm
883 mm
5 mm
1018 mm
967 mm
961 mm
931 mm
919 mm
906 mm
900 mm
894 mm
903 mm
889
mm
Element-positions
Ref
Rad
D 1
D 2
D 3
D 4
D 5
D 6
D 7
D 8
0 mm
415 mm
670 mm
1225 mm
1915 mm
2725 mm
3575 mm
4440 mm
5300 mm
5980 mm
Redesign the antenna with the usual 50 ohm feed based on the data. 144.10MHz 10-element yagi antenna
The result was an antenna stand-alone gain of 18.8dB and F/B of 24.2dB!
Is this practical?
The reason it's vertically polarized is because it's still the 5EL Yagi I designed back in the day.
SWR
element data
This is the antenna with horizontal polarization
Beam pattern with horizontal polarization
I put the designed antenna up vertically.
Why is the gain going down? Influence of the earth?
Beam pattern when standing vertically
Data at the time of horizontal beam and horizontal direction