EME + SSB band, with some loss usable for FM up to 435 MHz

This Yagi has very low back lobes for its length. It may serve as single antenna for Tropo or make a nice 4 Yagi EME array.
It also makes a quiet contest antenna due to its high F/B. The bent DE (K6STI style) transforms from approx. 17 ohms to 50 ohms at feed point.
Date of issue of design: 2013.03.11

Current distribution

2015-04-17: Nice photo of a GTV 70-23 m over GTV 2-16w at SP8MRD on qrz.com

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GTV 70-23m built by Hannes, OE5JFL

 

Hannes managed to detect Pulsar B0329-54 on this single Longyagi!

For this he recalculated the design to 430 MHz and built it on a wooden lace and stand.
Photo & Image: on courtesy of Hannes, OE5JFL

Read more about this great acheivement on Hannes website

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GTV 70-23m built using 8 mm elements on 20 x 20 mm boom by John, G4ZTR

• Whats on the pole at G4ZTR? Lower Yagi is a CQM10DX for the 2m band, upper Yagi is a home-made 58 element DL6WU for the 23 cm band

Dipole details: center piece from PTFE, machined on a turning lathe by G4ZTR

VSWR Plot by G4ZTR

Photo and plot on courtesy of G4ZTR, tnx John


GTV 70-23m built on single rope by Dennis, W5RZ

2017-08-20: Battery run EME Station QSO W5RZ - NC1I with ~ 1.2 kW EIRP only

Dennis, W5RZ: "The equipment was a Yaesu FT-817, Tokyo High power amplifier,
Signalink USB, and Bioenno 12 AH LiFeP04 battery. Output was 20 watts. ...
The entire station weighs less than 20 pounds, including the rig, battery,
antenna, picnic blanket, etc."

He used a lightweight coax (foam RG8X) from PA to the GTV 70-23m's dipole.

   

The Yagi elements are not as aligned as can be due to the 'one rope' construction.
Which might cost 1 ... 2 dB. Nevertheless a QSO was completed. Which also attests
the GTV 70-23m with 'Blade Dipole' to be a forgiving design.

Signal were -25 dB at NC1I / -25 dB at W5RZ
Frank, NC1I on HB9Q logger a few minutes after the QSO:
"Dennis that may be my most amazing 432 EME QSO in my 35 years of activity!"

And this is how the Picnic EME Station inclusive operator look like

All photos on courtesy of Dennis, W5RZ. - Tnx Dennis!
Tnx to Frank, NC1I for operating his Superstation for this as well.

NC1I 432MHz EME array, Photo on courtesy of Frank, NC1I, click to enlarge

Frank: "(The) Array is centered at 15 meter above ground and is about 12 meters wide,
7 meters high, and 3 meters deep (boom length). Gain is around 31.5 dBi and the antennas are K1FO design.

Link to panorama view and more photos on Franks array on GigaPan.com


GTV 70-23m built on 20 x 20 mm boom by Rickus, ZS4A

Following the building samples given on my web closely he reports a VSWR of 1.2 mid band without any tuning done.
Note the boom to mast mounting plate as described here arranging the pole to be underneath the boom in a symmetrical way

Performance Data

Gain vs. isotr. Rad.  18.7 dBi
Gain vs. Dipole       16.5 dBD
-3 dB E-plane         23.0 deg.
-3 dB H-plane         23.6 deg.
F/B                  -34.9 dB
F/R                  -32.3 dB
Impedance               50 ohms
Mechan. Length        5240 mm
Electr. Length        7.55 λ

Stacking Dist. h-pol.
top-to-bottom         1.70 m
side-by-side          1.76 m

Geometry

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Geometry with 8 mm elements without any BC in EZNEC Wire Editor

The Drivers diameter is 10 mm for all examples. Use EZNEC's Auto-Segmentation at 1050 MHz.

A simple symmetrising member may be made from a 3 x 1/4 Lambda line grounded at the far side with
N-flange-bushing and an aluminium plate and ferrite added as close as possible to the DE, see below.


Building Tables

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Ø 8.0 mm Elements - Semi-Insulated on Boom - Dimensions (BC acc. DG7YBN)

"Ready to saw and drill" data for mounting elements on boom with standard insulators on 20 x 20 mm boom including a 30 mm offset from booms end:
Table revised 2018.09.13

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    Thin elements insulated through boom

Ø 3/16 inch (4.763 mm) Elements - Insulated through Boom - Dimensions (BC acc. SM5BSZ's BC.exe)

"Ready to saw and drill" data for mounting elements through boom with BC according SM5BSZ's BC.exe:
Note: with through Boom BC it is important to stick to the boom end offsets given below!

This table is only valid for:
Boom shape: square
Boom dim: 20 x 20 mm
Wall thickn.: 1.5 mm
Holes in boom: 7.5 mm
Offset rear: 40 mm
Offset front: 40 mm

Note: This does include a "Segmentation Density Correction" (SBC) of 1.98 mm.
Which does include a correction for the insulators, which is 0.7 mm as a fix offset.
Read abt. the SBC here .

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    Thin elements insulated through boom

Ø 4.0 mm Elements - Insulated through Boom - Dimensions (BC acc. SM5BSZ's BC.exe)

"Ready to saw and drill" data for mounting elements through boom with BC according SM5BSZ's BC.exe:

This table is only valid for: Boom shape: square Boom dim: 20 x 20 mm Wall thickn.: 1.5 mm Holes in boom: 6.0 mm Offset rear: 40 mm Offset front: 40 mm

Note: This does include an SBC of 1.98 mm plus a correction of 0.7 mm
for compensation of the insulators (7arrays.com ) as shown above in combination with SM5BSZ'S BC.exe values.



Using a large calliper gauge to control lenghts to the 10th of a millimeter is a must.



Sketch of Bent Dipole

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Pattern and VSWR Plots

Elevation and Azimuth plot at 432.1 MHz

 

SWR and Return Loss plots - simulated with 4nec2

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Downloads

EZNEC file of this Yagi with 4 mm elem.  

EZNEC file of this Yagi with 8 mm elem.  

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Stacking

As on the 432 MHz Band the Y-factor = T_earth / T_sky is that high I see little chances in
bettering an array's RX performance by using "Over Stacking" distances. However, depending
the level of local QRM it might be worthwhile to try less distance, especially in H-plane.

Stacking Dist.    DL6WU Formula
H-plane               1.70 m
E-plane               1.76 m

Gain vs. isotr. Rad.  24.51 dBi
Gain vs. Dipole       22.36dBD
-3 dB H-plane, appr.  10.2 deg.
-3 dB E-plane, appr.  10.5 deg.
F/B                  -32.6 dB
F/R                  -32.3 dB
T_ant                 27.8 K*
G/T                  10.08 dB*

Theoretical numbers, no phasing line losses
nor imperfections caused by H-frame included
*) T_sky = 20 K, T_earth = 350 K as in VE7BQH G/T table

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Symmetrising 50 to 50 ohms Feedline to 432 MHz Bent DE

The principle is similar to the 1/4 Lambda coax. Adding 2 x 1/4 Lambda or a half wave line does not change anything but allows
to form a gentle bow below the boom or until behind the Reflector. Follow practical construction hints on "Building a Yagi" page.

  Attenzione!     Take care when lengthening the coax, measure the right length instead of refering to given v-factors only.
                                      A good choice may be the diam. 5 mm PTFE coax RG-142 B/U: real resonate length (432.2 Mhz as 3/4 Lambda) shield-shield is around 348 mm


  Find more information on Phasing & Matching Lines page






73, Hartmut, DG7YBN