Hentenna for the 6m band
Dimensions
Simulation using mmana
First image showing the current distribution on the aerial, the second one the directional diagrams. The "real" ground settings were used, with the Hentenna "placed" in a hight of about 5m.
Normal and 3d photograph
This is what it finally looks like...
If you happen to own red/green glasses for
viewing 3d-images:
Hints & Experiences
The feeding section perfectly fits into a small (13x13mm²) 1m long cable channel. The cable channel suffers from a couple of holes drilled in it's sidewall in order to guide out the feeding leads. A luster terminal is finally applied to connect the coax cable. In a former version a bamboo pole was used; doesn't look as nice, but less work to be done...You might practice some inventiveness in order to connect the 1mm cables to the end of the aluminium poles... I squeezed the end of the pole a little bit with pliers and cut a 4mm thread into the inner surface of the Al pipe.
Used it as shown above. The aerial gave nice instantanious results (beacons & Co.), even though that the band was pretty dead, I managed to have some QSOs with reasonable results. My impression is, that the Hentenna performs better than my commercial Al-pipe dipole. Moreover it is easier to transport and/or store anyway.
The total costs were about €10.- w/o the feeding RG58 --- I known, 50Ohm cable to a 75Ohms aerial...
