Bill's- HomeBrewed Pan Cake - 40 Meter TAK-tenna

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RE: Bill's- HomeBrewed Pan Cake - 40 Meter TAK-ten	Reply
by KA6KBC on October 13, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
One more added item - Someone had a question about my dimensions: Boom = 30 inches meaning Cross Pieces are about 30 inches a part. Cross Pieces = 24 Inches Across or 12 Inches from center Hole Spacing from Center, but this did not seem critical: 12 in 11 in 10 in 9 in 8 in 7 in 6 in 5 in 4 in 3 in Total Turns = 10 73's Bill - KA6KBC

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by KA6KBC on October 27, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
Link to Project Summary: http://www.myhamshack.com/viewProject.aspx?ProjectID=23 73's, Bill - KA6KBC

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by KA6KBC on December 27, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
Hi All, A few months ago I posted a note about my homebrew version of this Antenna - I've done a little better write up that I have posted on my webpage. http://billbrwn.tripod.com//id3.html 73's Bill - KA6KBC

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by KJ4LBW on June 26, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Hi, I just passed my general and looking for a decent homebrew antenna stumbled upon the pancake dipole. I have seen the instructions but need to know details about connecting the spirals to the feed line. If some one can clear that up, I'd appreciate it. 73's KJ4LBW John

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by N4JTE on June 27, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Makes a nice two meter quad, with appropiate modifications, hi Bob

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by N3OX on June 28, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
"I just passed my general and looking for a decent homebrew antenna" Unless you really, desperately need an antenna that small, I'd start with a regular 1/2 wave dipole. If you need to fit it in a tighter than 1/2 wavelength space, you can dangle the ends down, but keep them up high enough that people can't reach them. These little antennas are not what I'd recommend to a new guy. The simple 1/2 wave dipole is a great start and a "gold standard" because it radiates very well with no critical adjustments... so it's easy to build and makes a great antenna to compare other antennas to. It's hard to make a half wave dipole into a bad antenna. It's easy to make a small antenna into a bad antenna (and sometimes it had no hope in the first place) 73 Dan

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