I built mine from a 1 inch square aluminum tube and aluminum rods, from a local hardware.
I'm 73 years old not in the best of health, so I mounted it as high as I could reach on 10 feet of pipe, @ 6 feet.
I was using my icom 208H, but since it broke I have been using my Yaesu HT to check into the ARES net repeater about 17 miles away and another in the next county about 20 miles away, I'm happy with it. Thanks for showing how easy it is to build your own, that after all is the art of radio.🖐🏻73's🎙🎧 KD9OAM 📻

I find making my own antennas are far better than store-bought.

You can cut 40 inches from a roll of Aluminum clothesline cable for the reflector

Don't need to be a new ham to enjoy good content. Thank you sir!

I actually am thinking about getting a 2M Yagi to point out of the 1 window in my apt that doesn't look out on a building. Might give this a try.

I built that antenna back then and then made it into a 7 element and it worked for many years. I still have it but it's not in use anymore. Definitely worth building

Take a strip of paper and wrap it around the pvc. Tape it to itself then slide it off the pipe. Flatten out the paper ring you just made and mark each end. Put the ring back on the pvc. The marks should be exactly halfway on either side.

I'm subbing just for the Rockin' Intro Track

Nicely done. Getting the elements all in a row on the PVC is not always easy. You really did a nice clean job.
Barry, KU3X

Mine was only a 4 element because I wanted to see if I could make it portable. My elements fold so I can, the other eliments will be used for 70cm. Lay it out to see how many elements are useable. Other than that as you pointed out, the isolators are the only real consideration. GL with your build

built one many years ago... went and find it on the antenna pile, metric sizes. refl 1016 mm, driven ele 507mm each side, dir= 886 mm spacing  440 mm and 440 mm yes both the same spacing, works like a charm , draws repeater 140km away with 1 watt.
boom 25.4mm plastic pipe, elements wrapped at boom with thin copper wire to prevent element movement.
cheers zs2cx

Great music in the intro !

Aluminum archery arrows.

Good stuff. I just made a tape measure yagi. While it works great, this design is a lot cleaner and I really like the way it can be broken down to store in a single tube. Thanks for sharing an old article with a new ham.

Cool build Chuck.  It's amazing what stuff lying around the house will work for an antenna.  Even the few parts you have to buy for this - still super cheap.

Great build Chuck! Nice work mate

Thanks for the links, Chuck! I'll be building the arrow antenna.

nice video! thx for making it

Tape measure elements

hi from Poland , this is Jack SP6KE , I hope you well . I both a cheapest dosen arrow shafts (30inch) for a 25 euro and I trying to make VHF and UHF yagi ... for a satellites