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    Nvis As-2259

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    The document provides instructions for building a NVIS antenna using PVC pipes and copper wire. The antenna consists of three 5-foot long PVC pipes coupled together to form a center mast up to 15 feet tall. Copper wire elements are attached to the top section and secured with nylon ropes acting as guy lines anchored 42.5 feet from the mast. The antenna works in the NVIS mode from 3.5 to 11 MHz and with a tuner can operate from 2 to 30 MHz, though the high bands do not work for near vertical incidence skywave propagation.

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    The document provides instructions for building a NVIS antenna using PVC pipes and copper wire. The antenna consists of three 5-foot long PVC pipes coupled together to form a center mast up to 15 feet tall. Copper wire elements are attached to the top section and secured with nylon ropes acting as guy lines anchored 42.5 feet from the mast. The antenna works in the NVIS mode from 3.5 to 11 MHz and with a tuner can operate from 2 to 30 MHz, though the high bands do not work for near vertical incidence skywave propagation.

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    The document provides instructions for building a NVIS antenna using PVC pipes and copper wire. The antenna consists of three 5-foot long PVC pipes coupled together to form a center mast up to 15 feet tall. Copper wire elements are attached to the top section and secured with nylon ropes acting as guy lines anchored 42.5 feet from the mast. The antenna works in the NVIS mode from 3.5 to 11 MHz and with a tuner can operate from 2 to 30 MHz, though the high bands do not work for near vertical incidence skywave propagation.

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    Nvis As-2259

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    The document provides instructions for building a NVIS antenna using PVC pipes and copper wire. The antenna consists of three 5-foot long PVC pipes coupled together to form a center mast up to 15 feet tall. Copper wire elements are attached to the top section and secured with nylon ropes acting as guy lines anchored 42.5 feet from the mast. The antenna works in the NVIS mode from 3.5 to 11 MHz and with a tuner can operate from 2 to 30 MHz, though the high bands do not work for near vertical incidence skywave propagation.

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    NVIS1

    Build Your Own AS-2259 Type NVIS Antenna

    Parts List

    3 ea 1.5" PVC pipes 5' long


    2 ea 1.5" PVC coupling
    2 ea 1.5" PVC cap
    4 ea egg type insulators
    3 ea brass round head screws (1/2" 6-32)
    2 ea brass round head screw (1" 6-32)
    4 ea lock washers for 6-32 screws
    6 ea brass hex nuts (6-32)
    4 ea flat #6 brass washers
    1 ea SO-239 chassis connector with solder pot center pin
    1 ea SO-239 coax crimp on type
    4 ea stakes
    1 ea round metal stake 3/4" by 18"
    4 ea heavy solder lugs to fit brass screws (you "could" use crimp on type)
    4 ea plexaglass pieces, 1" X 3", hole drilled through each end
    ~150' copper antenna wire (braided/woven type like Davis Flexweave works
    best)
    ~60' nylon rope (Parachute type cord works great and is inexpensive)
    ~17' RG-58 (coax for center mast feedline)

    |-------- 42.5'
    ------------|
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    NVIS2

    Construction Details

    Drill a PVC Cap to accept SO-239 (7/8") and 4ea #6 screws, lock washers and nuts.
    Make sure to center the SO-239 in the hole before drilling the 4 screw holes. Lock washers go
    under the nuts. 3 screws are 1/2" and the other is 1".

    Cut off the head of a 1" #6 brass screw and solder it in the center post of SO-239

    Cut antenna wires to length plus a little

    Fit one end of each wire with solder lugs

    Fit the other with the egg insulators and parachute cord or other non conductive rope which serves
    as guy ropes on the ends of the 4 elements. Two guy ropes should be at least 7.5' long for the 38
    foot antenna wires and 20.5' long for the 25 foot antenna wires. Locate the 4 Plexiglass pieces and
    drill 3/8" holes on each end. Slip the guy rope through one hole and tie it to the other. See picture
    on last page if you have trouble visualizing this... These pieces allow you to pull the plexiglass
    piece up the guy to shorten it and adjust the tension of each guy. The total length of each
    element... wire and guy... is about 45 feet.

    Next

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    NVIS3

    Drill hole in center of second end cap (3/4") and run round steel 18" X 3/4" rod through the center. I
    purchased the rod at Menard's Home Center and it would also be available it Home Depot, Lowes
    or similar home centers. This is the bottom section and the center stake helps when setting up the
    antenna.

    Drill a 3/4" hole near the bottom of one end of one of the 5' pieces of pvc pipe. After drilling the hole
    run one end of 17' of RG-58 coax through the pipe and out the hole. Crimp a SO-239 on this end.
    Crimp a PL-259 on the other end. The long end is run through the pipes before erecting the
    antenna as a coax feed. Alternately you can just run a long piece of coax to the top but I thought
    this was quicker and easier. I leave the coax in the bottom section and feed to the connector in the
    top when I assemble the antenna. You may find it easier to leave the coax in a coil and feed from
    the top through the bottom.

    Install pipe coupling to one end of the pipe as seen above. Install a coupling to the remaining pipe
    as well. The couplings need not be glued... in fact I didn't glue any of the caps or couplings and
    they seem plenty sturdy for the purposes of the support mast.

    Next

    http://home.centurytel.net/w9wis/NVIS3.html [26-07-2008 20:05:21]


    NVIS4

    Put the top cap with SO-239 on top of what will be the top section of PVC pipe. Attach wire elements
    to the top cap as shown in the drawings, also illustrated below...

    Drive the section with the bottom cap and spike into the ground. Assemble the other two sections
    together and then hoist onto the lower section. This is MUCH easier with two people but with
    practice tyou can assemble it yourself. Just be careful in case it falls over.... hehehe.

    Extend the wires as in the diagrams and attach the guy ropes to the stakes. The stakes should be
    located 42.5 ft from the center mast of the antenna so the wire elements form crossed dipole-like
    antenna sections. Thread the Plexiglass pieces onto the guy ropes.Snug up the guy ropes to
    straighten the antenna mast using the Plexiglass pieces you made earlier... they make it easy to
    adjust the guys. Check out the phots which follow and you'll get a better idea of how to make
    the Plexiglass guy tensioners. I bought power cord holders at a home center to wrap the wire and
    guys on and labeled each (38 or 25)... they were 2 for a dollar so it was really a deal. Using these for
    guy and antenna wire storage really helps things stay neat when I break down the antenna
    and store it in it's bag.

    The antenna works NVIS mode from about 3.5 to 11 MHz. It's generally necessary to use a tuner
    with this type of antenna... then it's useful from 2 - 30 MHz.... the high bands are not NVIS however.
    If you build this antenna let me know how it works for you. I use a LDG Z-11 auto tuner with my
    Argonaut V and it works great !

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    NVIS4

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