Flower Pot Antenna Gain

When a ham sees an antenna, he sees a thing of beauty but to others an antenna may not seem so beautiful.

Flower pot antenna gain. The clever inventor of this antenna is a nsw amateur radio operator (vk2zoi) and the instructions to build this antenna are on his website. Funk radio hf radio basic electrical wiring battery charger circuit dipole antenna qrp ham radio antenna flower pots ham radio. This project is very simple to build and requires an all plastic flower pot with plastic hanger for outdoor use on a.

“no gain” can be expressed in linear terms like x1 (times 1). The present invention is an artificial potted flower and plant television and radio antenna. The arrangement is shown in the sketch below.

By all reports, it’s a beauty. Add small black ovals for wings, black antenna, and of course eyes. A few years ago a made one of vk2zoi's dual band flowerpot antennas.

Experimental dual band high gain flower pot antenna. 2m 144 mhz coaxial dipole or known elsewhere as a flower pot antenna. The clever inventor of this antenna is a nsw amateur radio operator (vk2zoi) and the instructions to build this antenna are on his website.

The base emulates a flower pot and the antenna ears resemble the stems and petals of flowers. I was surprised how well it worked and a few others tried it and found it worked very well. To construct the antenna, first select a suitable length of grey 25mm conduit (as a minimum 1m but if you make it longer, you will have more room below the coil to attach to your antenna support).

An optional signal amplifier may be installed within the base for improving signal strength. In my home office, i had trouble listening to the local 2m repeater due to all the high speed digital kit i have. The arrangement is shown in the sketch below.