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Antenna Notes: VHF/UHF

  2 X 3 = 6   Moxon Rectangles for 6 Meters
  6-Meter B-Antennas: A Dipole and a 2-Element Beam   Experimental Omni-Directional Antennas for 6-Meters
  Route 66: 6-Meter 6-Element OWA Yagis in 9 Versions   The 64-(Euro-)Dollar Question
  Phased Yagis, EDZ Beams, and Landstorfer-Sacher Yagis   The Half-Square on 2 Meters: Part 1: A Bi-Directional Vertical Antenna
  The Half-Square on 2 Meters: Part 2: Half Square Beams   The Half-Square on 2 Meters: Part 3: Bobtail Curtain Parasitic Beams
  Improved Antenna Performance for VHF FM: Some Basics, Some Options, Some Hurdles   Some J-Poles I Have Known - Part 1: Why I Finally Got Interested in J-Poles and Some Cautions in Modeling Them

Some J-Poles I Have Known - Part 2: The Varieties of Twinlead J-Poles and Some Performance Standards
Some J-Poles I Have Known - Part 3: The Effects of Element Diameter and Match-Section Leg Spacing on Standard and Non-Standard J-Poles
  What is a Slim Jim?   Is COCO Your Cup of Tea?
  Modeling Biconical Antennas   The Moxon Rectangle on 2 Meters
  Building a 2-Meter Moxon   Simplifying the Turnstile Moxon Rectangle Fixed-Position Satellite Antennas

Some Notes on Turnstile Antenna Properties
What's Wrong With This Turnstile Stack?
  Notes on the Batwing Part 1: Basic Batwing Properties   Notes on the Batwing Part 2: Uni-Directional and Omni-Directional Batwings

Notes on the Batwing Part 3: Modeling Issues with the Batwings
Notes on the OWA Yagi

Expanded Coverage for the 6-Element 2-Meter OWA Yagi: 142-150 MHz
In Pursuit of Better VHF Quad Beams: A Work in Progress
  Notes on Medium-Length 2-Meter Quads and Yagis   Circling the Square Quad
  The Quad Beam as an Amateur Satellite Antenna   A Collection of 220-MHz Yagi Designs
  A Collection of 220-MHz Yagi Designs - Part 1: Utility Beams: Boom Lengths under 100" and from 3 to 8 Elements   A Collection of 220-MHz Yagi Designs - Part: 2 Medium-Length Boom Beams: Boom Lengths from 140" to 220" and from 12 to 14 Elements
  A Collection of 220-MHz Yagi Designs - Part 3: Very Long Yagis: Boom Lengths from 235" to 596" and from 16 to 33 Elements   A Collection of 220-MHz Yagi Designs - Part 4: Special Designs: Equal-Length Directors, Quagis and Multiple Reflectors
  Multiple Reflectors for Long-Boom Yagis   Appreciating DL6WU Wide-Band Long-Boom Yagi Design: Some Preliminary Notes

Long-Boom Yagi Sidelobe Suppression
Sidelobe Attenuation and Suppression: Part 1
  Sidelobe Attenuation and Suppression - Part 2: Some Further Notes on 12-Element Yagis   Sidelobe Attenuation and Suppression - Part 3: Some Further Notes on 20-Element Yagis
  Preliminary Studies of Long-Boom Yagis for 420-450 MHz   Long-Boom Trimming Yagis: An Accumulation of Data Main Text

Long-Boom Trimming Yagis: An Accumulation of Data Reference Graphs
Long-Boom Yagi Rules of Thumb: A Comparison with Modeling Data
  2-Meter Yagi Stacks - Part 1: 6- to 18-Element OWA Examples   2-Meter Yagi Stacks: Part 2: 9- to 18-Element DL6WU Examples
  70-CM Yagi Stacks Part 1: 10- to 40-Element DL6WU Examples   70-CM Yagi Stacks Part 2: 10- to 40-Element VK3AUU Examples

A 70-CM Wide-Band, Long-Boom Yagi with High Sidelobe Suppression
Scaling and Adjusting VHF/UHF Yagis
  An OWA Family of 2-Meter Yagis From 6 to 12 Elements: Part 1: A Comparison of 12-Element Yagi Designs   An OWA Family of 2-Meter Yagis From 6 to 12 Elements: Part 2: The Entire Family

Extending the 2-Meter OWA Family Part 1: 13 to 20 Elements and a Self-Limiting Design
Extending the 2-Meter OWA Family Part 2: Gain, Element Population, and Hybrid Designs

Extending the 2-Meter OWA Family Part 3: Increasing OWA Gain vs. Preserving Sidelobe Suppression
Notes on a 6-Element Wide-Band 2-Meter Yagi

The OWA Family Moves to 220
Wide-Band Utility Yagis for 420-450 MHz - Part 1. 4- and 6-Element Models
  Wide-Band Utility Yagis for 420-450 MHz - Part 2. An 8-Element Model   A 2-Meter/70-Centimeter Dual-Band Yagi for the Home Builder
  Some Basics of Very-Wide-Band Yagi Design - Part 1: A Study of Very-Wide-Band Crossed-Element Yagi Performance   Some Basics of Very-Wide-Band Yagi Design - Part 2: Very-Wide-Band Planar Yagi Performance
  Modeling the Double-Diamond for UHF   A Diamond Jubilee
  Corner Reflectors Revisited: Part 1: A Comparison With a Good Yagi   Corner Reflectors Revisited: Part 2: The Evolution of a Model
  Corner Reflectors Revisited: Part 3: Optimizing the Model   Corner Arrays for Personal Communications
  The 3-D Corner Reflector   Split or Continuous LPDAs for Personal Communications?

Planar Reflectors: Part 1: The Planar Reflector and the Dipole
Planar Reflectors: Part 2: Phased Dipoles and Rectangles
  Planar Reflectors: Part 3: Bobtails and Diamonds   Planar Reflectors: Part 4: Rod or Bar Reflectors
  Planar and Corner Reflectors Revisited   Corner Reflectors Revisited Again: Part 1: A Systematic Look at Planar Reflector Sides
  Corner Reflectors Revisited Again: Part 2: A Non-Systematic Look at Some Corner Variations   Corner Reflectors Revisited Again: Part 3: Rod-Based Corner Reflectors
  Corner Reflectors Revisited Again: Part 4: Variations on Standard Corner Reflectors   Corner Reflectors Revisited Again: Part 5: The Very-Wide-Band Corner Reflector
  The Prismatic Polyhedron and the Planar and the Corner Reflector : Part 1   The Prismatic Polyhedron and the Planar and the Corner Reflector : Part 2
  The Prismatic Polyhedron and the Planar Reflector Supplementary Data   "Plate Dipoles and Prismatics," by Dan Handelsman and David Jefferies
  "Plate Dipoles and Prismatics Revisited," by David J. Jefferies and Dan Handelsman   "Prismatic Polyhedron Antenna Measurements at Low GHz Frequencies," by David J. Jefferies
  "Cage Dipoles and the Prismatics," by Dan Handelsman and David Jefferies   Special Needs Call for Special Antennas: The X-Array
  Modeling the Dual Rhomboid - Part 1: The 1296 MHz Version from QST   Modeling the Dual Rhomboid - Part 2: Will the Real Laport Please Stand Up
  Modeling the Dual Rhomboid - Part 3: Some Standards of Comparison   High-Gain, Wide-Band Yagis for 10, 6, and 2 Meters
  Quagi and Yagi on 2 Meters: Some Preliminary Notes   A 3-Moxon Polling Array for 914 MHz
  Horizontal Polling Arrays   A Short Note on Tilted Vertical VHF Antennas
  The Case of the Curly Collinear   A 100-1000 MHz "Utility" LPDA
  CAP Emergency-Beacon Direction-Finding Antennas   Some Notes on FM BC Antennas - Part 1: A Few Basics
  Some Notes on FM BC Antennas - Part 2: A Few Possible Yagi Beam Designs   Some Notes on FM BC Antennas - Part 3: Some Ideas for Home-Built Beam Antennas
  Some Notes on FM BC Antennas - Part 4: Some LPDA Options   Some Notes on FM BC Antennas - Part 5: The Batwing Antenna and Array
  LPDAs for the 400-800-MHz Television Range - Part 1: An Ideal But Impractical Antenna   LPDAs for the 400-800-MHz Television Range - Part 2: A Practical Antenna
  Notes on Axial-Mode Helical Antennas in Amateur Service   Notes on Axial-Mode Helical Antennas in Amateur Service - Part 1: Helix Basics, Modeling Issues, and Short Helical Antennas Over Perfect Ground
  Notes on Axial-Mode Helical Antennas in Amateur Service - Part 2: 10- and 15-Turn Helical Antennas Over Perfect Ground and Modeling Helices in NEC-2   Notes on Axial-Mode Helical Antennas in Amateur Service - Part 3: Axial-Mode Helices above Real Ground and Alternatives to the Helix for Circular Polarization
  Notes on Fixed Satellite Antennas   Some Overlooked Antenna Basics for DX and Off-World Communications