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    This document provides instructions for building a 20 meter EH antenna out of common household items that can be constructed without leaving home. The antenna uses two aluminum beer bottles as resonators attached to PVC pipes. Wire is wrapped around the pipes to form a phasing coil, tuning coil, and source coil. With only a drill, wire, and PVC pipes, this antenna allows for radio communication during an emergency without exposure. When tested, the antenna performed well across the band with a low SWR and contacts across the country were achieved using 100 watts of power.

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    This document provides instructions for building a 20 meter EH antenna out of common household items that can be constructed without leaving home. The antenna uses two aluminum beer bottles as resonators attached to PVC pipes. Wire is wrapped around the pipes to form a phasing coil, tuning coil, and source coil. With only a drill, wire, and PVC pipes, this antenna allows for radio communication during an emergency without exposure. When tested, the antenna performed well across the band with a low SWR and contacts across the country were achieved using 100 watts of power.

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    This document provides instructions for building a 20 meter EH antenna out of common household items that can be constructed without leaving home. The antenna uses two aluminum beer bottles as resonators attached to PVC pipes. Wire is wrapped around the pipes to form a phasing coil, tuning coil, and source coil. With only a drill, wire, and PVC pipes, this antenna allows for radio communication during an emergency without exposure. When tested, the antenna performed well across the band with a low SWR and contacts across the country were achieved using 100 watts of power.

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    Zombie Apocalypse HF Antenn Two

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    This document provides instructions for building a 20 meter EH antenna out of common household items that can be constructed without leaving home. The antenna uses two aluminum beer bottles as resonators attached to PVC pipes. Wire is wrapped around the pipes to form a phasing coil, tuning coil, and source coil. With only a drill, wire, and PVC pipes, this antenna allows for radio communication during an emergency without exposure. When tested, the antenna performed well across the band with a low SWR and contacts across the country were achieved using 100 watts of power.

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    Zombie Apocalypse HF Antenna.

    My son loves the TV show Walking Dead. I was thinking about what if it
    happened or some national disaster like a deadly pandemic that would quarantine
    parts of the country causing communication breakdown.
    What would you do if you could not go outside your home? You could not have
    items delivered or go to a store to buy components for your antenna? You need an
    antenna that is buildable from common household items and one that does not
    require you to expose yourself to install it.
    EH Antenna designs work for this situation. This is my design for a 20 meter EH
    antenna. The design frequency is 14.225 MHz.

    Supplies needed.
    1. 11/4 pvc pipe 6 inches long
    2. 2 inch pvc pipe splicer (Qt2)
    3. 2 inch pvc pipe 6 inches long
    4. 17 feet of 12 gauge wire
    5. Stud bolts (Qt 2)
    6. Stud bolt nuts (Qt 6)
    7. Hot glue or epoxy glue
    8. Coax 50 ohm
    9. Aluminum bottle (Qt 2) (see note below)
    10. Terminal wire connectors that fit over stud bolts (Qt 4)
    11. Self-tapping screws that fit the terminal connectors (Qt 4)
    12. Electrical tape.
    13. Alligator clip
    14. 11/4 hole saw drill bit or similar product.
    15. Zip tie.

    (The Idea / Note:) My son loves the TV show Walking Dead and was watching
    this before the MN Twins ball game came on. I grabbed a Bud Light
    aluminum heavy 16oz bottle. I like them because they keep the beer cooler
    longer. While I watch the game I was thinking I could make something out of
    the empty bottles. I then built an antenna out of two bud light beer bottles
    and some PVC pipe and wire without leaving my home in about 2 hours. Lots
    of photos on www.ab0mw.weebly.com
    I am not condoning drinking alcohol or endorsing a particular brand. Many beer
    companies are offering their product in a heavy aluminum bottle style 16 oz. size.
    My guess is the thicker bottle keeps the product colder. These bottles make
    excellent resonators and the thicker wall will hold a self-tapping screw. You could
    use a similar product that hold energy drinks but this is what I had on hand.
    Assembly. The 2 inch PVC pipe union connector will fit the base of one bottle.
    You drill out the bottom of that bottle so wires can be fed through it. The small
    PVC pipe fits over the neck of each bottle and is the place to wrap the Phasing
    Coil. The 2 inch PVC pipe holds the power studs and the wrapping area for the
    tuning coil and source coil. I used hot glue to secure the bottles to the PVC pipe
    and electrical tape to seal and hold components after you have run all wires.
    Wire connections. Top bottle, you will connect a wire to the bottom edge before
    the neck slopes. You need to remove paint for electrical connection and use a selftapping screw to make the connection being careful not to strip it out while
    tightening. This wire is wrapped around the small pipe 2 turns and fed through a
    drilled hole to the center and pushed down to the bottom of the antenna. The same
    wire is pushed through a drill hole on the bottom of the 2 inch PVC connector and
    then wrap 12 turns around the top of the 2 inch PVC pipe creating the tuning
    coil and ends at first stud.
    Bottom bottle, connect a wire like the top bottle but 180 degrees from the first
    bottle. Run the wire up to a whole drilled to just clear the top of the bottle neck and
    push it through a drill hole and feed down the bottom and out a whole near the first
    stud and connect to the stud.
    Source coil, Install the second stud inch from the bottom and 180 degrees from
    the tuning coil stud. Connect a wire to the stud and wrap 5 turns keeping it at least
    1 inch below the tuning coil. I drilled a small whole top and bottom of the source

    coil 90 degrees from the source coil stud and use a wire tie to hold the coil tight
    and allow enough wire to reach the top of the tuning coil above the source coil
    stud. Connect the alligator clip to the end of this wire.
    Tuning coil, above the source coil stud strip inch wide connection on the tuning
    coil wires. (Strip every wire but keep a one inch separation right and left so they
    can not touch.) This is where the alligator clip will be attached to tune the antenna.
    Coax connection. If you have a coax terminal you could drill it into the PVC and
    make the connections to the studs. I used coax connections by stripping the coax
    and hooking the ground shield to the tuning coil stud and the center wire to the
    source coil stud.
    Tuning. Use an antenna analyzer to tune the antenna. If you do not have an
    analyzer hook the alligator clip to the 5th wire coil from the top and check with
    your SWR meter.
    Sealing. I used hot glue and self-tapping screws to hold items together and
    electrical tape to seal connections. When you find the spot you want to keep it
    tuned too you could solder the connection and seal all exposed wires.
    Operation. An EH antenna should be installed at a safe height for RF concerns I
    used the second splicer union to hook to a 12 foot PVC pipe and tied it to a post for
    support. The takeoff angel will be approximately 45 degrees. I would not exceed
    200 watts.
    Have fun and keep away from zombies!
    Testing: I built the antenna and used it during an Ecomm weekend our ham
    club set up. It performed well. We used to types of antenna analyzers to test
    the design and both showed 1.1 to 1.2 on the set frequency and no more than a
    2 to 1 across the band. We had it on a 10 foot PVC pipe and we made contacts
    across the country with a 5x9 response at 100 watts from an 857D Yaesu,
    without a tuner.
    For photos go to www.ab0mw.weebly.com

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