The information in this article has come from many amateur sources, the most notable was from WA6TEY (sk 1985) Ray Frost, who was a pioneer of VHF Quad designs and one of the best Southern California Transmitter Hunters of the 1980’s. Ray built hundreds two meter quads in single and paired configurations as well as…
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80 Meters 2 Element Quad Antenna
Introduction A rotating quad for 80 meters are you crazy? well i did it and it worked well. now i’m not saying that i think anyone else be as nuts as me but it seemed to fun be idea at the time. i remember calling into a local 80 meter net on 3.755 mhz asking…
Building a 4 Element Cubical Quad
Building a 4 Element Cubical Quad There are many reasons you should considering building your own antenna. First you can taylor it to the needs of your communication (local or DX and optimize it for the frequency you talk on) and to the needs of your environment (make it strong if you live in a…
Directional Antennas : Cubical Quad
The Cubical Quad Antenna. A great article about homebrewing a cubical quad antenna
Notes on Cubic Quads
Cubic Quads KQ6RH (C) 1998, 1999, 2000 Ray Jurgens (Up-Dated 2/25/2000)  Cubic Quads  The cubic quad is a very popular way to get reasonably high gain and excellent front to back ratios as well as low angles of radiation for without going to extreme heights. Here I present several designs that that achieve…