{"id":102,"date":"2025-04-03T11:40:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T10:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willwoodman.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=102"},"modified":"2025-11-19T21:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:20:51","slug":"a-simple-double-bazooka-dipole-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willwoodman.co.uk\/wordpress\/2025\/04\/03\/a-simple-double-bazooka-dipole-design\/","title":{"rendered":"A Simple Double Bazooka Dipole Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve written a lot in my other blog posts about my double bazooka antenna. It’s probably my favorite antenna for quick temporary setups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve tried to make it portable, quick to set-up and easy to change bands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original design work came from this website<\/a>, I’ve refined the design by building a nice center junction box which gives me the ability to change the dipole elements quickly to change the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The center junction box consists of a small potting box with three external connections. The SO-239 is the co-ax feed which goes to the radio. The two BNC connectors are for the dipole elements which allows them to be quickly swapped out for different bands of operation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

At the moment I have constructed dipole elements for 20m and 10m bands as these are the bands that I operate on most frequently. In the future I will add to this, probably I will create some 40m elements which I think might come in useful for POTA<\/a>\/SOTA<\/a> activation’s. The elements are constructed slightly longer than required with a fold back that can be adjusted for tuning. I’ve included eyelets in the ends for guy ropes. All the connectors are heat-shrink insulated for waterproofing. Here’s the complete kit with my 10m and 20m elements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve also added some brass tags on the elements so I can easily identify the band without having to un-ravel it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read about some testing I have completed with the antenna in these posts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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