I am planning to homebrew Hexbeam with fiberglass spreaders and 1.5 sqmm insulated wires. I have already ordered 3 extra sets of fiberglass spreaders and wires for the project.
I am looking for fabricating base plates and buying hoseclamps, support cords etc as well. ( any knowhows on suppliers and fabricators would be helpful)
If any one is interested in homebrewing, please let me know. we can share the actual costs and build quality HF 5 bander.
Items to be collected in Bangalore only. Please leave a comment to this blog if interested.
DE VU3KPL
Kiran
Update: 18/Jun/2012
Already 102 DX entities worked on Hexx with just 50W SSB in just two
months (casual style DXing). My buddy VU3NXI and myself are very proud
of this homebrewed antenna.
12 comments:
Cost of spreaders per set would around 4500/- and wires may be upto 900/- including transportation etc(will confirm once they arrive).
I have chosen insulated wires for their immunity to rainly/salty weather conditions and longer life (based on what some research on internet)
Please post all queries here only. As it is helpful to many more hams like you and me.
Bare copper wire is better than insulated. 14 awg bare copper wire is the best. Easy to tune when compared to insulated wire. vu2au is using bare all. wire for his quad - He says it is as good as copperwire and brings down the weight by a few kilos. He is on the air every day between 5 -6.30pm somewhere around 14170 to 14220.
73,s
Paddy
vu2pep
I have had qso with AU few times in the past. His signals were booming down near Mangalore even with lesser wattage. I chose insulated because they are easily available at neighborhood shops. And since hex is half wave, weight should be less than 10 kg overall. Let me see how it goes with this one.
Thanks for the feedback.
Kiran
hi kiran,
this is krishna kumar.i am a swl awating indian call sign, my us call sign is kj4zlh.
i would be intrested in you antenna project.Are u staying in bangalore? do let me know .my ll is 9845200929
and email is kkat466@yahoo.com.
my qth is is in bangalore ,jayanagar.
&3
kk
Yes, I am in Sanjay Nagar, Bangalore. I have confirmation from VU3NXI and KJ4ZLH for building hexbeam. I will have one more extra spreaders (as i had ordered 4 sets), if anyone is interested please drop a comment.
Got delivery of fiberglass delivery on VRL logistics today. VU3NXI and VU2GZ accompanied me to get these. Couple of these pipes had fracture at edges. May be we will have to cut that portion as these were anyway bit longer in size.
All done. Now all parts sourced, assembled and put up on a short mast( for now) on apartment terrace (~55ft above grnd). Need to raise mast to around 16ft level to gain proper response..
Kiran - Thanks so much for the very nice Hexbeam-to-Hexbeam QSO today on 15m. Your call to me was a wonderful surprise...amazing what just 50-100 watts can sometimes do on HF! Great job with your home-brew Hexbeam project. Best of luck and DX to you...hope to CU AGN. 73, Bill W1WBB
Thank you Bill, for visiting the blog here. Since i have heavy RFI on lower bands I normally tune to 15m and above. Per my observation over last couple of weeks, 15 m opens to your part of the world at around 10PM for my kind of DXing (casual style)..
73s Kiran VU3KPL
Already 102 DX entities worked on Hexx with just 50W SSB in just two months (casual style DXing). My buddy VU3NXI and myself are very proud of this homebrewed antenna.
hey kiran i am off with a project on hex beam myself looking for spreaders and also can u pls help on the design also
de vu3sfe shivaram
Dear Sivaram,
You will find elaborate design details at http://www.leoshoemaker.com/hexbeambyk4kio/broadhexbuildingnew.html site
For spreader you may get in touch with Culcutta house in Ludhiana. Details of their contacts are on VUhams group files. Hams from Kerala had first published that article (you may search files uploaded to vuhams yahoo group).
You may also contact VU2GRM (see his qrz.com page for email/phone) for recent spreader information as a small team here in Bangalore including GRM did homebrew this antenna...
Good luck. See on air soon!
Kiran
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