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2m Moxon antenna by VA3OMP
8 October 2010 | by
VA3OMP's 2m Moxon antenna
Back in August I was doing some simplex D-Star and D-RATs testing with Greg, VA3OMP on 145.67MHz. He lives in the West part of Ottawa in Kanata and I live in the South in Greely so to improve the link between us Greg constructed a 2m Moxon. The antenna is built out of solid aluminium rod and as you can see he put some craftsmanship into building it. Greg kindly agreed that I could post the pictures and details here.
To determine the measurements Greg used the design program at the Moxon antenna project website. Here are the dimensions.
Moxon antenna design for 145_67 MHz
Greg reported the built antenna had an SWR of 1.6 :1 at the design frequency.
Here are set of pictures showing the construction.
Moxon ends secured with Plexiglas
Moxon ends secured (bolt side)
Feedpoint before sealing
Feedpoint sealed
Complete Moxon
Thanks to Greg, VA3OMP, for supplying and sharing his photographs and construction details. All photographs are copyright to Greg Speakman, VA3OMP.
9 Responses to “2m Moxon antenna by VA3OMP”
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Thanks for sharing. Looks great! I built a “hentenna” for 2M, simple and easy to build, great performance at just 35 ft. If you are an antenna experimenter, you may wish to try one.
73
John O., W9JGO
Rockford, IL
What a great article on a terrific project. Thanks.
Just curious as to how it compares to a vertical for gain and directivity.
73, Gurbux. W6BUX
Unblieevblae how well-written and informative this was.
When they show the two dimensions at the top as well as the total dimension at the bottom it is an impossibility. You cannot add 14.52 and 14.52 plus the unidentified gap at the feed point and come up with a total dimension of 29.04, shown at the bottom, it defies physics. Rod
the dimensions are correct…14.52 plus 14.52=29.04..small gap to connect your coax what is so hard to see this???
esta muy bueno la información gracia
adding a extra reflecter will improve the usual bd gain up from ave of 6.6
hello dear OM, I need an additional element concerning the feed point, what is the dimension (mini, maxi) to respect for an optimum adjustment.
73 friendly.