Start Constructing Your Own Bazooka Antenna With These Methods

By Timothy White


The mono band cable would necessarily need the help of balun, considering they are comprised of coax wires that could release fifty ohms. A shield split is found on the center with a feed line connected to various open edges. A client should remember not to damage the conductor found on its center.

The attachment of the open ends plays the role of a half wave duple, which can be separated into various sections to allow the frequencies to work properly. The bazooka antenna is independently connected to a leveled surface that could endure restrictions and the multi band cable only functions after an effective tuning. This cable is an inexpensive substitute, since ground radials and coils are not needed.

These products are efficient in a way they can be integrated in a previous feed line and they can be twisted and placed in car trunks. Their capability to perform closely similar to a half wave antenna easily constructs different variations of this device. The wire is built by flicking a quarter of an electrical wavelength located at the superficial part of a coax.

The lead found at the center of its coax shapes half of the dipole and the other half is supplied by the plaits. This composition makes a cable a device with a low pattern of radiation and an obstruction of 55-60 ohms. The braids are the main feature, since they help in reducing the amount of feed line radiation, and they end up shorter in size compared to other elements.

The size is brought forth by the contact of the plaits and coax wires, and the braids found on the inner and outer part mixes to form the balun. The items required to produce a cable are the following, the specific length of heat deflating tube, coaxial, and the adaptor that could fit the radio. The procedure starts by removing the coax outer portion for the insertion of a top section, and followed by the flicking of the braided back over the covering till it ends at the lower mark.

The braid and uppermost portion is snipped to a specified size after the spin. A calculation is done to reach the particular length of coaxial to be sliced, and this makes the cover. A client should remember that they should not make cuts in the plaits.

The cutting of the coaxial that could produce a lengthwise slit in the jacket follows, and the removal of these sections exposes a braid. Afterwards, the plait needs to be flipped, and followed by gently removing the braid from the insulation and move it to the inner conductor. Grab two inches aloft the uncovered section and force it against the coax found in the short sections, after letting it loose.

Firmly grab the plaits to the cover and position them in the lowest portions by using an adhesive tape, and after the conjunction, snip it to a specified length. Cut the tubes into separate pieces to defend the braids and feed points, and place the wires in position with a hair dryer or glue gun. The emergency kind of these antennas is designed from the extra coaxial wires.

In building a standalone model, it is advised to cut the enough length of wires underneath the plait and have it connected to its conductor. The installment of an effective adapter to the radio and feed line is the last step. Tuning follows after the construction of this antenna.




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