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    BY BILL ORR, W6SAL RADIO FUNdamentals ee THINGS TO LEARN, PROJECTS TO BUILD, AND GEAR TO USE A Bidirectional 6 Meter Wire Beam 1 the pre-Yagi days (the 1940s) prominent Dxers used fixed waro boams orsntadin apo- ‘ie directions. On the east coast a popular combination was one beam gimed at easter Europe anda second beam aimedat Japan. THe first beam covered porions of the USSR and «dow nis the midele-oast. The socond coverod ‘China, Japan, andthe Phippinoaroa, Areas out ‘ofthe beam paths were covered by high ciples. My cream inhigh echoolwas tchaveaboarm. ‘The first requirement was a brace of poigs— telephone poles. Usedpoles ware soldby many [Phone companies for about 10 conts per foot. You could taka repair crew into pickng out a ‘ica pole. They would delver it and plant itinte a hole died in your yard. Total cost for a 40 (050 toot polo was $10 or lass! ‘The wire antenna of choice was the Lazy-H (fig. 1). Ths consisieg of a palr of halt-wave antennas, witha similar pai praced anal-wave below. The configuration wastedwith an open- wire transmission ine, ‘The Lazy-H had a bidrectional pattem with shouts. BaBdgain, That sequivalenttoasmal, three-siement Yagi A Yagi would nave been a ‘more flexible antenna, because It could be ‘lated to any heading, However, tat tine frame, information on Yagis was not ready available, and aluminum tubing was impessl= De to obtain, unioss you wved near a southem Callfomia aera manutaoturor ane hac ac 955 to surplus stock (Close in popular to the Lazy-H1 was the “atop beam designed by WELK. This cam pact wire beam antenna was used by a lot of fellows who didnt have room fora La2y-H. But ‘ven the OXers equipped with multiple BJKS ‘envied the Big Guns wih the Lazy-H beams ‘Sot was until World War ended. Afar the wer, when aluminum tubing was avaliable at $52.00 per length and surplus RG-8 coax couls be had for 6 contsa foot, the wire beain faded into obscurity, and the Yagibecame the anten- ‘ha of choice for most amateurs working the HF DX bands. Reviving Interest in Wire Beams ‘Tha wi beams cecupy only & passing men= tion in most antonna andbcoks. However, some alert 6 meter operators saw martin iro beams. They were cheap, they were quite small, and they were near invisible, ‘The Lazy-H beam could be expanded by ‘adding addtional sactions to it (ig. 2), These atrangemerts were developed about 1928 by engineers of the Sell Telephone System for thelr oversaas HF radio inks, “The key for maximum array gain and maxi- ‘mum bandwidth was to make he antenna sym- ‘matical about the feacpoin, Adational expor- iments showed that with proper instrumer- talon, the array could be fed oft-cantar (Hg. 3), 48 Campbell Lane, Menko Park, CA 94025 70* CO + June 1997, Trauiator op) 3000 ‘teedtine Fig. 1 The “Lazy H" beam for 6 msters. The twisted ansmission lin is 450 ohm “addedine.” The beam fires info and out of the page. butthis was not an approach tobe taken casi- ally. It not done properiy, especially with respect othe feedine, antenna current phas- ing would suffer, along with antenna pattern ard gain All ings considered, te basic Lazy-H was forgiving broadbend beam. Larger arays, in the main, ere lef tothe professionals. Interest in wire beams has recently been revived—ol in the HF DX bands, but inthe ‘quasi: VAF band of 6 meters. A Practical 6 Meter Wire Beam The Lazy-H is an attractive 6 meter beam. ft provides good gain and wide operating ban- with. Part of the gain Is provided by the Slackes elements sharpening he pattern ine vertical plane, and te rest from the ining ele- ‘ments narrowing the pattern inazimuth. Overall ‘beam lengths about 19 fest ‘An effocive use of the Lazy-H is fora re- peaier located near a busy intarstatehighvay ‘The beam "res" up and own the highway. 0- sicting the pattem to where it is most use “The azimuth plotof the array shown Ing. 4 tmay be tampting 1o.add mera loops to torr aso-call“curtain’ array, but ne adational gain is achieved only by pattem sharpering, Since the pict ofthe Lazy-H Is about 80 degrees be- ‘ween the -30B pont, the curtan wou prove ‘tobe impractical, omer han tora polrt-to-point stuaton, Building The Lazy-H itseasytobuldtis 6meterbeam,Iradomine of 1eAWG enamel coated, single-seancop- Der miro, Sxinsuators are requires. Tho wpor na lower wires arp cross connected by & ‘Fansmission Ine mace af & length of hoaty- uty laeder ine (sometimes called "window tne), Thera used was 450 on, 16 AWG, {stand copporeas tao. His qui foxible, aay to use, andesspronetobanting kectre ‘han singe: stand wie. wa & wa Fro Foedpoint a2 yp) Fig, 2- Adsbonal sections added to the Lazy-H provide a high gain, natow beam for point-to- point servic. Say You Saw it incQ Feedpoint rraica "nena STIR UAALN Pas NOD TSE es Tce “00man $2995] “oon im $36.95 eal aAcate 1493 | ESA EA aT WET BP-178 peck .6v. YOOMAN (6s) $81.95 BETA Rep) Toi Charger 854.98 ep-apack ——B.4v tab0man $3295) 72. taoonsh__$7835 Epp22ne pk. 7.20 EBp.200h plc 12.07 ED Fig 9 Feeding the antenna atone ond la wick, as fis afc to mainiin proper phase | relationships Remember when you build the antenna to alow enough extra wire length in the sections fo wrap around the insulators an¢ to join the ‘adjacent sectionaf tre antonna, Solder all your ‘connections. ‘Tre bast construction technique Is. to ‘assemble the beam at aye level, Botwasn tho femporary supports. | used the garage and a handy nearby twee. I was easy to bulls the antenna, which is supported in the vertical plane, Feeding The Antenna 'A.300 ohm ribbon feedtne is used, connectes ‘aoronethabottom cortor insulator. Astefeed- Point impedance o! the antenna is about 250, hms, the SWWR onthe foodie is quit low, as. is elino oss. inca modem 6 motor equipment is de- signed for a 50 chm feed, a simple antenna tuners requiredatihe station. idan you ‘can buy one for 80 MH2, but tis easy to bulls ‘one. Fig. 5 (tken from The ARAL Handbook, ‘tstod, 1964, p. 452) is a suitable crit. You ‘Can wind the calls yoursel, but you"l have to {9010 the junk box for the variable capacitors. ‘Capactor 2 resonates the tuner and C1 con- trols loading, Sta wih low power and with Ct set at md-scale, Tune C2 for better loading, land then vary G1 to obtain maximumn oad. Jockey the controls a bit for touch-up, and youre a set to go. An SWR meter between the tuner and the excier is help ‘My tuner was bull breacboar-fashjon on a | smaltpiece of *izinch plywood, withaSfi6inch | Masonite panel, The orignal Handbook design used commercial coll stock, with L1 slipped Inside the tuned col, L2. The cols are sup: ported by thelr leads, with Lt mounted direct. Iy one tuning capacitor. Using The Antenna Teentonna shouldbe simed broadside tone rections you wich to cover. The patterns bd reatonel and sharpor than @ pele. Common Senco tos you to get the antenna as nigh In the ai a possbi. shoot fora height of at least 20 feet to the bottom wires. Since the aay is ss than 20 foot ong, that should not pose a problem. “Project Coldfeet” Jnthelate 1950s the U.S. mitarytookencte that the Soviet Union had been using ding ico ations in the Arete since 1897. 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