DIY High Band VHF Antenna
A high band VHF antenna is used on a boat to broadcast signals over water. If you have a VHF transmitter on your boat but aren't interested in buying an antenna, you can make one out of a few inexpensive components. And if you keep these same components on board your boat, you can build an antenna while out at sea if you lose your current antenna.
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Things You'll Need
- Wire cutters
- 50-ohm coaxial cable (at least 4 feet)
- UHF connector
- 39-inch length of 1/2-inch PVC pipe
- Electrical tape
Instructions
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Use your wire cutters to strip an inch of exterior sheath off one end of your coaxial cable to expose the internal wiring.
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Run the wiring through the UHF connector until the wiring sticks out of the end of the connector.
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Plug your soldering iron in and allow it to warm up. Solder the wiring to the end of the connector.
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Strip the remaining sheath off the coaxial cable and pull the internal wiring apart down the middle.
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Tape the internal wiring together intermittently until you reach the end.
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Cut the end of the coaxial cable off.
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Run the wiring through a matching length of PVC pipe and tape the end of the wiring to the end of the PVC pipe.
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Plug the connector end of the cable to the port on the front of your receiver.
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