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YBN 23-9m Yagi with straight Driven Element
A short and easy to build 23 cm Yagi that provides a clean pattern and almost 14 dBi of gain.
This is the scaled version of the 2 m band YBN 2-9m. Design date of issue: 2020.12.29
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Photo Credit: Dubus Magazine 2/2021, front page
Building of a 23 cm Yagi with elements insulated through the boom making use of
SM5BSZ's BC.exe on 1296 MHz with a tested offset factor as in full described in
'Applied Conversation of Segmented Wires from NEC2 to 1296 MHz Yagi Elements', Dubus 2/2021.
This Yagis S11: Return Loss (dB) plotted by ZS6JON with an Anritsu MS2000 VNA:
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For the geometry table of the YBN 23-9m through a 5/8 inch boom see here
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YBN 23-9m pioneer build by Maxime, F4FEY (thanks Maxime!).
The Yagi is build on Boom 7.5 x 7.5 mm ABS Plastic using 3 mm elements and 4 mm dipole.
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YBN 23-9m build by Ondra, OK1CDJ
The Yagi is build on 3D printed boom, material is PETG.
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YBN 23-9m build by Rainer, DK1RS
The Yagi is build on 3D printed boom, 3.2 mm elements made from AlMg5 welding rods.
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YBN 23-9m build by DF3FX (thanks Felix!).
The Yagi is built on a 25 mm "Isolationsrohr EN 25" from PVC.
Element diameter is 3.2 mm. Material = welding rods EN ISO 18273, S AlMg 5754 (AlMg3), 3.3536.
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S11, Return Loss -29 dB at 1296.1 MHz. Measured with a HP 8752A, coax 8120-5148-A LM9123 USA, pigtail coax 14.5cm of RG316
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YBN YBN 23-9m 3D pattern plot at 1296.2 MHz
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Performance Data
Specs: with 3 mm elements @ 1296.2 MHz
Gain vs. isotr. Rad. 14.0 dBi
Gain vs. Dipole 11.8 dBD
-3 dB E-plane 38.4 deg.
-3 dB H-plane 42.6 deg.
F/B -26.3 dB
F/R -23.1 dB
Impedance 50 ohms
VSWR Band Width 1.06:1 *
Mechan. Length 499.4 mm plus 2 x 15 mm offset
Electr. Length 2.15 λ
Stacking Dist. h-pol. (1296.2 MHz)
top-to-bottom 0.318 m or 1.04 ft
side-by-side 0.352 m or 1.15 ft
*) at 1300.0 MHz
How many VHF operators have been looking up this design since Dec. 2020?
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Geometry
This Yagi with 3 mm elements through a 7.5 x 7.5 mm plastic boom
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Ele. 3.0 mm
DE 4.0 mm
Boom 7.5 x 7.5 mm ABS Plastic
Ele. fastening &. photo acc. F4FEY
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"Ready to saw and drill" data for mounting elements through this plastic boom:
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The Drivers diameter is 4 mm.
The EZNEC model is done with Auto-Segmentation at 1296.2 MHz
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This Yagi with 3.2 mm elements through a 7.5 x 7.5 mm plastic boom
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Ele. 3.2 mm
DE 4.0 mm
Boom 7.5 x 7.5 mm ABS Plastic
Ele. fastening &. photo acc. F4FEY
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"Ready to saw and drill" data for mounting elements through this plastic boom:
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Imperial Boom 5/8"
This table is only valid for:
Boom shape: square
Boom dim: 5/8 x 5/8 inch
Wall thickn.: 1.6 mm
Holes in boom: 7.6 mm
Offset rear: 300 mm
Offset front: 40 mm
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Note:
All the above include a "Segmentation Density Correction" (SBC) plus an offset for 23 cm of 4.52 mm per element
for compensation of the insulators as shown above in combination with SM5BSZ'S BC.exe values.
Note: with through Boom BC it is important to stick to the boom end offsets given below!
Read abt. the SBC here
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The Drivers diameter is 4 mm for the plastic boom versions, 5 mm for the aluminium boom versions.
The EZNEC model is done with Auto-Segmentation at 1296.2 MHz
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Pattern and VSWR Plots
Elevation and Azimuth plot at 1296.2 MHz
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Return Loss and SWR plots - simulated
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