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I build last week a Bazooka vertical for the 40m (see link here) (/en/realisations/realisations-
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PROPAGATION
This inspired me to build a second one and implement a two phased vertical array system.
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Now, praticaly ... simple, yes... but ...
I'll give you here how I made : probably there are better methods. I'm far to be a specialst ! VLF
First : start to build two identical vertical bazooka antennas

• Central frequency : 7.050 MHz ANTENNES ACTIVES

• Radials : system of 4 elevated radials 2m above the ground Active antenna PA0RDT
• Coax used to build the antennas : used H100 (/en/active-antenna-
• Top extension of the antenna (part C in the illustration below) : 300 Ohm Open Line pa0rdt.html)
shortcuted on both ends Antenne PA0RDT : les
• Measured coax velocity factor (*) : 0.82 fondamentaux
(/en/antenne-pa0rdt-les-
(*) Don't trust to much the given velocity factor of the coax cables you have : the wise man
fondamentaux.html)
will verify it with a antenna analyser (I use a MFJ 259-B), sometimes the results are verry
Active antenna Solar
surprising -espacialy with old cables laying in the shack since years, or little oxydated or
Whipper (/en/active-
often, the cheap cables coming from 'exotic manufactures'.
antenna-solar-
whipper.html)
I used the formulas given in the page about the vertical bazooka : PRESELECTEURS RX
A 10kHZ - 600 kHz
preselector (/en/a-10khz-
600-khz-preselector.html)
LF-MF preselector for the
Kenwood TS-2000
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for-lf-mf.html)
ANTENNES 136 KHZ
Généralités antennes
136kHz (en
construction...)
(/en/theorie-antennes-
136khz.html)
RECEIVED SIGNALS
Grimeton Radio 17200
Hz (/en/grimeton-radio-
17200-hz-unday.html)
Alfa navigation signals
A = (230/F)*0.305 (meters) = (230/7.050)*0.305 = 9.95 m (/en/received-vlf-
B = A * Vf = 9.95 * 0.82 = 8.16 m signals.html)
C = (A - B) = 1.79 m Reception DCF49 signals
S = +/- 10 cm (not critical) (/en/reception-dcf49-
R = A * 1.05 = 9.95 * 1.05 = 10.45 m signals.html)
Marine forecasting 147
Both antennas where built identical, mounted along fibergalss fishing roots and installed at KHz (/en/maritime-
abt 2 m above the ground forecasting-147-khz.html)
The SWR of both antennas didn't exceeds 1.2:1 on the entire 40m band. QRSS and WSPR QRG's
(/en/qrss-and-wspr-qrg-
s.html)
The phasing lines ... another storry.... QRSS Mode (/en/qrss-
mode.html)
λ/4 = 75/7.05 = 10.638 m SMT Hell (/en/smt-
90° = 10.638 hell.html)
1° = 1.638/90 DFCW & FSKCW
84° =(10.638/90)*84 = 9.93 m (/en/dfcw-fskcw.html)
71°= (10.638/90)*71 = 8.39 m QRSS-3 screen capture
Galery (/en/qrss-
Freq λ/4 = 9.93m => 7.54 Mhz 3-screen-capture-
Freq λ/4 = 8.39 => 8.94 Mhz galery.html)

Vel.fact coax. = 0.65

Lenght stub 84° = 9.93m*0.65 = 6.45 m
Lenght stub 71° = 8.39m*0.65 = 5.45 m
Digimodes
Now, I cut pieces of coax a little bit longer that mentionned, I mounted a connector on one Configurations Hardware
side, and left the other side open and determine with the MFJ-259B the correct quarter wave (/en/hardware-
lenghts. You should find a dip and a value of X=0 or close to 0. configuration.html)
Multimode Software
To be sure : I checked at conrresponding frequencies where my lenght of coax react as 3 Package (/en/multimode-
or 5 quarter waves lenghts, I observed that the X =0 values are more prounonced at higher software-package.html)
frequencies. My frequently used
Example : if your dip is around 6.58 Mhz and indicate a X=1 or 2 , I try at 19.7 Mhz (6.58 X Digimodes
3) : and I check if X=0 on this frequency, re-adjust if necessary. Repeat those measures (/en/digimodes.html)
several times before cuting in you coax.

Working at higher frequencies allow the work more accuately.

Once the coax pieces ready, I mounted the phasing lines and I used a coaxial relay , I didn't Untranslated
use the K1 relay like illustrated.
Issues
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Last remarqs :
Your best ennemies :

the "T" SO-239 connectors (especialy the cheap ones comming from "exotic"manufacctures).
the PL-259 connectors, plse use professional quality (i.e. Amphenol) ,
incorrect assembly method of the connectors.

Making short : how more sophisticated, how more it must be assembled 'in the state of the
art'.

Measures :
The measured SWR of phasing in both directions does not exceed 1.3:1 on the entire band.

Practical results :
A strong direction effect and a good F/B is observed.

See this demo video here (https://youtu.be/dmfNnC3Ybf8)

I made contacts with US stations, using only 50W SSB with succes. Not so bad ....

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