The g5rv antenna is a type of dipole antenna, and it can be acquired for a very small cost from many ham radio retailers. The nfc dynamic tag is a wireless module with a rcs801. Kf4eoks 2 meter super j pole antenna build super j pole for 435mhz by vk6ysf the world wide web prepared by paul howarth vk2gx. I asked what antenna are you using and they replied a w3edp. The shots are of the 2 meter, 220, 440 jpole antennas taken just before mounting the antenna nest in the attic. Since 72 ohm transmitting twin lead is available at a lower price than coaxial cable especially the rg11u type the balun was built into the transmitter and 72 ohm twin lead connected from the transmitter to the antenna. By using postscript or pdf, i get vector graphic output that is scalable from small to very large sizes without having to make a huge raster graphic files. Therefore, when we talk about the design of antennas it is customary to talk about the transmitting antenna only, because it is understood that the receiving antenna can be exactly the same. The specs for the two meter version are as follows. The majority of amateur radio operators throughout the world choose this antenna over other types, at least, to start.
The metallic ground plane reflects signals up, causing the monopole to act like a dipole but often with a much shorter antenna because of the ground plane. The j pole is a slim, omnidirectional, halfwave antenna fed at the end through a quarterwave shorted transmission. I started to search what is the w3edp and found this description. If the antenna is to be placed outside, do not use brass. After installing the antenna midway up a 45 foot rohn galvanized steel mast braced against the rear deck, and further supported by 18 double braided dacron guy ropes. Comes collapsed to 9, expands to 40 18guage galvanized steel. The front return pole closes on the write pole with a small gap of about 20 nm, while the back return pole ends in a few micrometer distance.
Sony city osaki felica business division 2101 osaki shinagawaku, tokyo, 141. The course content generally covers assembly and working drawings of electrical machines and machine parts, drawing of electrical circuits, instruments and components. One important thing to know about antennas is that the same antenna can do both of these things. Electrical drawing is an important engineering subject taught to electricalelectronics engineering students both at degree and diploma level institutions. Buck rogers sr 68 years as k4abt the j pole has been around since the early days of ham radio, and is a direct descendant of the windom like the windom or zepp, the j pole is a spinoff, or a modified windom for vhf and uhf. Buck rogers sr practical antenna handbook by joseph j. First and foremost, we feature a complete line of ready to use j antennas. Microstrip patch antenna 46, feed structure 48, and matching circuit 50 designs for an rfid tag 10. Antenna and appurtenance information were obtained from a previous structural report prepared by centekjob no.
Strip off about half an inch of insulation from each wire end after the knot has been tied and connect all the ends on one side of the connector centre piece and to this should be added one side of the 75 ohm twin feeder which is commonly used as telephone wire leading from telegraph poles to the house and which is a superb match when used as a. The dipole antenna has two conductive elements that are typically bilaterally symmetrical, while the monopole has just one element. In other words, the transmission line is connected at the center. An introduction to antenna basics technical articles. This system detects the time when the tags enter an antenna s communication area and the speed of the tags and adjusts the timing of the antenna. The jpole antenna is best understood as a bent dipole antenna. A touch of class, the windom and the j pole by glynn e.
A discussion of antenna theory by paul graham k9erg j pole calculator and drawing by k4abt g. These new street lights combine energyefficient led lighting with embedded 4g, and. The correct method of attaching the coax is the live to the stub except for some super designs which are really dipoles next to the radiator. For 2 meters, the coil is 4 turns of coax at 5 inches in diameter. They are performance values with the readerwriter antenna and rcs801 s802 in a horizontal state and with the respective center points located on the same line. C pole antenna theory fig 1 vertically oriented dipole. The formula for calculating antenna length in feet is 468f, where f is the center frequency. Antennamodeling programs are computer programs that use mathematics to calculate and. The jpole is a slim, omnidirectional, halfwave antenna fed at the end through a quarterwave shorted. In the case of the j pole without radials, all of the common mode current created by the poor feed system flows over the coax shield and mast. Heavyduty super sturdy 58 coupling nut for added resilience. On most of the j pole designs out there, a choke should be used as close to the feedpoint of the antenna as possible to help prevent rf on the feedline and creating difficulty with swr readings. Extended double zepp is simple to build, center fed antenna with 3db gain over a dipole formula.
The j pole and other endfed hertz antennas are prime examples of antenna that can have severe feed line common mode current problems. This was performed by overlaying the lidar obstruction data on stereo imagery using bae softcopy photogrammetry software, socet set figure 5. Both monopole and dipole antennas exhibit similar radiation patterns and performance, except that monopole antennas are not symmetric. It is simply an airship zepp antenna standing upright. You will first need to cut five 191 4 inch sections and one 23 4. Since the antenna needed to be vertically polarized, i hit upon the notion of a j pole. Table 1 detailed parts list see fig 1 item qty part or material name no. Nov 18, 2019 an offair antenna is a product people use to receive overtheair signals from broadcast tv stations. Measurements and analysis suggest why quarterwave stubs fail to completely. Antenna, brian cake, kf2yn, qst, apr 2004 omni directional low angel of radiation performs well with no ground system ground currentsloses greatly reduced over a ground mounted vertical for 20 mtrs 40 wide by 15 tall and a foot or two off the ground. Basics the antenna consists of a vertical halfwave dipole that has been folded virtuthe c pole a ground independent vertical antenna kf2yn takes the vertical to new heights with this folded design that doesnt require a counterpoise. A vertical antenna for use on a summit which needs limited space to deploy ideally no counterpoise or groundplane wires, is light to carry and small to packup.
Key commands are read and write commands to feram of rfid. False the j pole is a worsecase situation for examining unwanted feedline radiation. The necessary parts for this project can be found in table 1, and figure 1 can be used as a basic assembly guide for building the antenna. Its basically an endfed omnidirectional halfwave antenna, matched to the feedline by a quarter wave transmission line stub. The grounding conductor line connects to this rod and when lightning hits a static wire or the pole, the electricity travels from the static wire to the grounding wire and then is fed down into the rod, where it dissipates safely into the earth. This mode allows batteryless operations that use only the power supplied from the antenna of reader writer. The dualband openstub j pole antenna built out of heavy duty 316 angle aluminum, uhf so239 connector with 38 aluminum elements and all stainless steel hardware. Help a newbie mountinggrounding a jpole qrz forums. Unlike to others, this notch is then matched to the sourceload at the passband frequency. If you like building good antennas, this one is for you.
An effective 3 band wire dx antenna iw5edi simone hamradio. Rather than using a postscript to pdf convertor, i changed to generating pdfs directly using the ruby pdf writer. Some swear by it but i am sorry, i have never heard one that worked that well. The receiving properties of antennas are characterized by the antenna affective area af,t,i, where the available power at the output of the receiving antenna prf is the product of the effective area of the receiving antenna in direction t,i and the flux density swm2hz1 incident from that direction. A further consideration is that the pole itself should be at least 3 feet taller than the top of the antenna that is mounted to it. Other very good j antenna designs published in 73 magazine have been. Will my roof, gutters and clothesline poles affect the pattern. Setup is simple and only requires the capability to ensure that the antenna is 35 feet in the air or higher, a lower height than many other highfrequency ham radio antennas require.
A satellite dish is a parabolic, or bowlshaped, antenna that receives television signals from communications satellites that are circling the earth. In order to use an antenna, your television must have a builtin tv tuner or you must have an external tuner connected to the antenna and television. It offers a long range and multidirectional coverage. He decide to redraw the plans and he provided all of the needed dimensions.
Aug 24, 2016 the video above shows an alternatingcurrent lamp filament being flexed between support points in the presence of a strong magnetic field. Copper dualband super j pole antenna by ka0nan, april 1993. Jpole and slim jim antenna frequently asked questions faq. When the antennas are switched, the readerwriter temporarily stops sending the signal to be transmitted to the tags, and since the rfid lsis derive their power from this transmis. This antenna was patented in 1909 by the german, hans beggerow. The receiver consists of circuits that mirror a transmitters individual circuits.
Hardware guy rings, mast clamps, platform pins installation guide. Fig iexploded assembly diagram of allcopper j pole antenna. At this point its pretty crystal clear fred judds 2bcx slim jim antenna doesnt offer anything special compared to a traditional jpole antenna. You will need an open area large enough for the entire run of the wire. The tower was the tallest structure in san francisco from the time of. Kb9vbr j pole antennas are highly effective, affordable antennas for the vhf and uhf frequency spectrum. The receiver intercepts the transmitted em wave and extracts the information inside it to be used.
Shortly after, nikola tesla wirelessly lit lamps in his workshop, demonstrated the first remotecontrol toy boat, and established the alternatingcurrent system we use to transfer electricity throughout the world today. Mike furrey wa5pok4 april 17, 2014 brandon amateur radio. Optical investigation of the jpole and vee antenna families osa. Nanoscale spin manipulation with pulsed magnetic gradient. A copper pipe j pole antenna is a single band antenna that is much like a half wave dipole in that it is relatively easy to build, and when you are done you achieve the satisfaction of having built a very good antenna that works as well as expensive commercial antennas. In exchange for simplicity and low cost you give up operational space, meaning, the antenna is small and lightweight for storage but when deployed it will take up a lot of linear feet. True plumbers delight for 2 meters an all copper j pole.
Setup is simple and only requires the capability to ensure that the antenna is 35 feet. The zepp antenna received a rebirth in the form of the j antenna or j pole. What is the difference between a monopole and dipole antenna. Dec 11, 2016 a random wire is a compromise portable antenna.
From the j pole formulas we derive the lengths of each wire pair, spacing of. Finally, this amplified signal is passed to the antenna, which uses reflectors to spew and radiate the signal as radio waves towards the receiver. Copper pipe j pole antenna the j pole antenna form of the zepp antenna is one of the more popular homemade vhfuhf vertical antennas. A balanced feed design using balanced feeds coupled by a shorting stub 56 to create a virtual short between the two feeds so as to eliminate the need for physically connecting substrate to the ground plane.
J pole antenna and picked up what i needed to make the portable antenna project a reality. Leading vehicle and people identification platform based on uhf rfid technology. Therefore, you need to use 98 as the center frequency to maximize your antenna function. This mode is used for communication between reader writer and rfid. Noobie, ladder line, and getting it into the shack qrz forums. Page 1 of 3 gao236006 this uhf long range rfid readerwriter is an economical solution for automatic vehicle identification and access control applications alike. Make sure you use a balun fairly close to the antennas feedpoint, though. A practical approach to hf and vhf antennas, plus antenna. Pdf wideband blade monopole antenna with sleeved coaxial feed. The lpfm j pole antenna is a half wave antenna by design and has about 2. The j pole antenna is a popular antenna design among amateur radio operators because it is effective and easy to build. The ultra high frequency gen 2 rfid readerwriter is designed for use. Uhf yagi is based on dl6uw yagi antenna s designformula.
This is the original kb9vbr all copper 2 meter j pole antenna. The slim jim, designed by the late fred judd, g2bcx, can be a great portable roll up antenna, if made out of 300. The reader is expected to resolve hisher own problems and the writer does not accept any responsibility for wrongful use of. Among other things that come with the antenna includes a 40ft coaxial cable, power supply adapter, and a mounting pole. In 1936, yardley beers, w3awh, described an empiricallyderived antenna designed by the writer s friend, mr. Jasik, editor, the antenna engineering handbook chapter 3. We then created final lidarderived obstruction data sets for both airports. The j antenna goes back many years, long before i became a ham. The multiband h pole vertical wire antenna article was forwarded to me by my good friend hermann stein, hb9crv, who is also my qsl manager. Matching to the feedline is achieved by sliding the connection of the feedline back and forth along the stub until an impedance match is obtained. This 50ohm impedance antenna, when fed with 25100w of ssb rf at 435mhz, makes reaching amateur satellites such as ao40 and ao10 a snap.
Essentially, a j pole is a 12 wave resonant antenna connected to a quarter wave matching stub. The ends to the ladder line antenna are headed out to some trees, and will be in a v shape both horizontally and then sloping vertically as a slightly inverted v. I mount them on pvc pipe and the only grounding i use is the case ground on the rig. The dipole is called a balanced antenna because it is fed at its exact center. Rising from a hill between twin peaks and mount sutro near clarendon heights, it is a prominent feature of the city skyline and a landmark for city residents and visitors. Pdf a wideband planar monopole antenna requiring a small ground plane is described. It has proven to be fairly insensitive to construction methods and materials. The sketch below shows its conceptual design from that patent. To construct a pair of compact, bandspecific 6 and 10 meter dipole antennas resembling the active element of a yagi beam antenna, constructed of durable weather worthy components. An effective 3 band wire dx antenna iw5edi simone ham. Kinsner, ve4wk j pole antenna for 2m 3 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 e d c b a e d c b a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5 june 1992 j pole parts list procedure p2 m1.
Overall length 69 inches, radiator 58 inches, matching stub. Specifically designed for convenient yet secure access control in every parking facility, gated community and campus. Being weather resistant, this is an excellent outdoor hdtv antenna that will deliver and last long. Hand crafted in the usa since 2001 and thousands of satisfied customers nationwide. J pole antenna because the j pole and zepp are electrically identical in function, and are similar to all other endfed antennas in problems, pages on j poles, zepps, and endfed verticals overlap. The central pole, the write pole, is tapered to a 100 nm wide tip on the abs while the two outer return poles end in broad shielding brackets close to the write pole. Dipole antennas are very popular among amateur radio operators as a quick and cheap method to get on the air. How to make a simple antenna for fm radio our pastimes. Be prepared and able to communicate in case of emergency with the largest selection at.
That was the used antenna, exclusively, at the helvetia contest 2012 a couple of days ago and i am very pleased with its versatility, all 9 bands, 160m to 10m. Of all simple vertical antennas over ground, the 58 wave radiator has the lowest angle of radiation, however the base of the 58 antenna presents a relatively low impedance, not the high impedance. An interesting application note about wlan discones 2. According to my rigexpert aa230 antenna analyzer, the antenna exhibits 1. The j pole antenna is an endfed omnidirectional halfwave antenna that is matched to the feedline by a quarter wave parallel transmission line stub of lecher system form. Conclusions through the research conducted over the past three years, we have. L ft 1170f mhz feed with open wire line and a tuner, this antenna will function on 206 meters may need 6 meter tuner easy to build since some tuners, especially autotuners, may have a limited. New led smart streetlight pole from philips lighting could be. Sutro tower is a 977 ft 298 m threepronged tv and radio antenna tower in san francisco, california. The classic whip antenna is a type of monopole antenna. A coil of 45 turns of rg58 about 4 inches in diameter seems to do the trick. Pg1ns ham radio site 70cm projects directional antennas. To achieve these design considerations, i concluded my 6 m dipole antenna shall be be made from rigid aluminum elements, supported at its center on a single mast, utilizing a strong, light weight plastic elementtoboom plate.
Antenna, ve3sqb ham radio antenna design software programs. The fm band runs from 88 to 108 mhz, and dipole antennas amplify a center frequency with the amplification factor decreasing on either side of the center frequency. The grounding rod is located in the ground near the base of the utility pole. The tag and reader antennas are inductances mutually coupled by the magnetic field, similarly to a voltage transformer see figure 1.
There are folks who swear that you need to ground a j pole. For what its worth, the myths surrounding the j antenna have been sorted out resulting in an improved version. Ruggedly constructed one piece design, this antenna will last practically forever. In my page you will find several details of manufacture, additional. Aug 19, 2015 these agree well with the real jpole and 2bcx antennas measured in a real antenna test chamber in figure 2. This calculator can be used to design a slim jim or a j pole antenna. Building j pole amateur radio antennas category is a curation of 86 web resources on, concealed dss j pole, j pole antenna for your packet radio station, the j pole antenna revisited yet again. According to the satellite industry association, in 2001 about 80. The spiralpole antenna worcester polytechnic institute.
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