Anyone here build their own colinear verticals?

[piggin]

 I dug some old RG8 out of my stash and swept it and will shortly chop it up into 1/4 wave pieces and 1/2 wave pieces and try my hand at building a collinear vertical to see how it works. I plan on schedule 40 PVC 1 inch as a radome and will try to keep the cost below 30 bucks. I have a good analyzer on hand which I bought specifically for building antennas some time ago. I will post pictures and brag in an insufferable manner if I succeed with good results. 

 Anyone else?

 Thanks and if I succeed (or fail hard) I will let you know. I am planning a 5 or 9 DBD gain antenna to start. I am old cheap and nearly blind so I will keep you updated.

  Building your antennas is fun, and boasting about them is epic. But be forewarned...If I succeed and post the recipe many will tell you you sound great because of your location Of course your location IS important. But if you make it yourself you can boast and be completely obnoxious about it. I certainly have in the past. 

 Updates will follow....of course.

 

[WRYZ926]

We look forward to your results. It can be very rewarding or very frustrating when making your own antennas. 

[SteveShannon]

3 hours ago, piggin said:

 I dug some old RG8 out of my stash and swept it and will shortly chop it up into 1/4 wave pieces and 1/2 wave pieces and try my hand at building a collinear vertical to see how it works. I plan on schedule 40 PVC 1 inch as a radome and will try to keep the cost below 30 bucks. I have a good analyzer on hand which I bought specifically for building antennas some time ago. I will post pictures and brag in an insufferable manner if I succeed with good results. 

 Anyone else?

 Thanks and if I succeed (or fail hard) I will let you know. I am planning a 5 or 9 DBD gain antenna to start. I am old cheap and nearly blind so I will keep you updated.

  Building your antennas is fun, and boasting about them is epic. But be forewarned...If I succeed and post the recipe many will tell you you sound great because of your location Of course your location IS important. But if you make it yourself you can boast and be completely obnoxious about it. I certainly have in the past. 

 Updates will follow....of course.

 

Good for you! I think home brewing antennas is one of the happiest aspects of ham radio and I am interested in your results for GMRS. It’s so much easier for 462 and 467 MHz than for anything in HF.

[piggin]

9 hours ago, SteveShannon said:

Good for you! I think home brewing antennas is one of the happiest aspects of ham radio and I am interested in your results for GMRS. It’s so much easier for 462 and 467 MHz than for anything in HF.

 It is one of the reasons to love UHF. You can build stuff and model things. So much smaller than...160 meters!