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Telescoping Yagi Antenna with Folding Elements

Yagi antenna w/telescoping boom & elements based on the tape measure yagi by Joe Leggio (WB2HOL) and James T. Hanson (W1TRC) in May 2007 QST

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This project was created on 01/08/2019 and last updated 4 years ago.

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A Telescoping Yagi Antenna with telescoping boom and telescoping antenna elements for mechanical tunability. The antenna elements also fold back for more compact portability.

01/17/2021 Update: Added new vers2 design files that fit SCH.40 1/2" PVC-1 D-2466 Tees. Also, no hole drilling required.

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Yagi_Telescoping_Mount_v2_halfsz.gcode

gcode of the @ 0.1 vertical height (res), 30% honeycomb infill and 5 layers rectilinear perimeters for the MPSM V2

gcode - 6.82 MB - 01/18/2021 at 06:33

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Yagi_Telescoping_Mount_v2_halfsz.stl

Version 2.1 half length, 42mm design .stl

Standard Tesselated Geometry - 261.12 kB - 01/18/2021 at 06:32

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Yagi_Telescoping_Mount_v2.gcode

gcode of the @ 0.1 vertical height (res), 25% honeycomb infill and 5 layers rectilinear perimeters for the MPSM V2

gcode - 15.28 MB - 01/18/2021 at 04:43

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Yagi_Telescoping_Mount_v2.stl

Version 2 .stl

Standard Tesselated Geometry - 161.51 kB - 01/18/2021 at 04:39

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Yagi_Telescoping_Mount_v2.rsdoc

Version 2 in the DesignSpark Mechnical file format.

rsdoc - 144.38 kB - 01/18/2021 at 04:39

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James Finch wrote 11/24/2021 at 00:07 • point

Just noticed I didn't reference using the Tecsun AN-07 Telescopic Antenna Extender on the reflecting elements.  Figured I'd note as an easy packable way to further mechanically tune the antenna a little lower down. 

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