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[QUOTE=&quot;Piggie, post: 22069, member: 2941&quot;]Just build it yourself! 3 to 6 element FM YagiWhile this is a narrow band yagi, it actually should work across most of the band since it uses a folded dipole for a driven element.You need twin lead, wire, wood and glue.&nbsp; Paint it makes it weather proof.<a href="http://www.skyscan.ca/3ElementYagi.htm">3 Element Yagi</a>don't miss the dimension page where you can add up to 6 elements. <a href="http://www.skyscan.ca/dimension_table.htm">Dimension_Table</a>Build your own FM6.....=======You can use this for High Band Yagi's also.&nbsp; Know that High Band is the second harmonic of the FM band (yes they did that on purpose and not to force us to use FM traps but to keep harmonics off more &quot;critical&quot; frequencies. You will find that true of the ham bands are harmonics of each other.)Knowing it's the 2nd harmonic, find the TV channels center frequency here. <a href="http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ANTENNAS/TVfrequencies.html">TV channel frequencies</a>Then divide the center frequency of the TV channel by 2. Then look up that frequency on the FM table.&nbsp; Use their dimensions but divide them by 2 also and you have a Single channel 6 element TV high band antenna![/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Piggie, post: 22069, member: 2941"][b]Just build it yourself! 3 to 6 element FM Yagi[/b] While this is a narrow band yagi, it actually should work across most of the band since it uses a folded dipole for a driven element. You need twin lead, wire, wood and glue. Paint it makes it weather proof. [url=http://www.skyscan.ca/3ElementYagi.htm]3 Element Yagi[/url] don't miss the dimension page where you can add up to 6 elements. [url=http://www.skyscan.ca/dimension_table.htm]Dimension_Table[/url] Build your own FM6..... ======= You can use this for High Band Yagi's also. Know that High Band is the second harmonic of the FM band (yes they did that on purpose and not to force us to use FM traps but to keep harmonics off more "critical" frequencies. You will find that true of the ham bands are harmonics of each other.) Knowing it's the 2nd harmonic, find the TV channels center frequency here. [url=http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ANTENNAS/TVfrequencies.html]TV channel frequencies[/url] Then divide the center frequency of the TV channel by 2. Then look up that frequency on the FM table. Use their dimensions but divide them by 2 also and you have a Single channel 6 element TV high band antenna![/QUOTE]

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