📡 HUGE Homemade Helical Antenna Tracks the ISS 🛰

[@chrismosquad1056]

Great setup! Makes me want to build one! 👍🏻

[@shuadaaalatareeb378]

Well done, well done Frankly, I have no experience to know what you are talking about. I see the intel is made in a genius way I would like to encourage you to move forward and say that you are creative and have a future

[@shuadaaalatareeb378]

Cheer up for young creators like you

[@migalito1955]

Coolbeans... I listened to the antenna's construction video while traveling home yesterday. I too have thought of using a reflector with 2 meters, but to date have been put off by the rather large size needed for an effective reflector. You guys did it, so heck, I ahould at least give it a go. I like your mast. Looks like you borrowed a bit from a sailboat's mast that often uses a diamond truss to resist bending. 73 de kc2wvb

[@KJ7NLL]

That sounds great! More detail about how we made the reflector: We used chicken wire, and put a bunch of pieces of chicken wire together with copper wire. We used carbon fiber tube supports to help it to stay flat, and soldered a BNC bulkhead to the reflector as a connection, it solders much better to the copper than the chicken wire. Then, cut the reflector with snips into a circle (or hexagon). finally, cut a small hole in the center and put a connector on it to attach to your antenna. after that, you are ready to use your reflector and antenna!

[@ib1rcnut]

Ive enjoyed your videos of the antenna build. It would be great to talk to you on the radio sometime. I have an echolink connection KW4EMF-R to N2GE 145.190. Its on Mount Mitchell at 6600 ft. Its the high repeater east of the Mississippi. Give is a shout. 73 Roger KW4EMF.

[@KJ7NLL]

Ok, that sounds great and I am getting echolink validated to make the call! -Zeke, 73, characteristic dipole Impedance

[@KentWilliams]

Well done! 73 Kent W6PYJ