{"id":10660,"date":"2024-08-29T14:32:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T09:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=10660"},"modified":"2024-08-29T14:32:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T09:02:53","slug":"continuing-with-work-on-tape-measure-yagi-for-leo-satellite-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/continuing-with-work-on-tape-measure-yagi-for-leo-satellite-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing With Work on Tape Measure Yagi for LEO Satellite Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5D3t-3jK5bo?si=j9kyXCaAnkmtwYsL\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nHere are the measurements for the dual band single feeder Yagi with five VHF and eight UHF elements from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/dk7zb\/Duoband\/5+8_2m-70cm.htm\">DK7ZB<\/a> design. Instead of rods which were used in the original design, I am going to try with tape measure which is likely to offset the tuning. Moreover, I am not planning a balun at the feed point. That also is likely to give suboptimal performance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10661\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DK7ZB-Dual-Band-Yagi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DK7ZB-Dual-Band-Yagi.jpg 683w, https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DK7ZB-Dual-Band-Yagi-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the measurements for the dual band single feeder Yagi with five VHF and eight UHF elements from the DK7ZB design. Instead of rods which were used in the original design, I am going to try with tape measure which is likely to offset the tuning. Moreover, I am not planning a balun at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amateur-radio-ham-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Continuing With Work on Tape Measure Yagi for LEO Satellite Operations - Johnson&#039;s Techworld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/continuing-with-work-on-tape-measure-yagi-for-leo-satellite-operations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Continuing With Work on Tape Measure Yagi for LEO Satellite Operations - Johnson&#039;s Techworld\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here are the measurements for the dual band single feeder Yagi with five VHF and eight UHF elements from the DK7ZB design. 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