23cm Band Antenna Projects for Amateur Radio
Find construction plans and designs for various 23cm antennas, including Yagis, quads, and dishes, for the 1200 MHz ham radio band.
The 23cm band, spanning 1240 to 1300 MHz, offers hams exciting opportunities for local and DX QSOs, especially through troposcatter, EME (Earth-Moon-Earth), and satellite operation. Building antennas for this microwave band presents unique challenges and rewards, often requiring precise construction and careful tuning to achieve optimal performance. Operators frequently experiment with various designs to maximize gain and directivity for weak signal work.
This category focuses on antenna projects specifically for the 23cm band. Hams can find designs for common types like Yagi antennas, including popular DL6WU and F9FT variations, suitable for field day or fixed station use. There are also plans for simpler builds such as quad and ground plane antennas, which are excellent for beginners. More advanced projects cover specialized feeds for parabolic dishes and horn antennas, essential for serious DX and EME operators on 1296 MHz.
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Build your own antenna for the 23cm band ( 1250Mhz - 1280Mc ) using some aluminium and this simple design. -
23cm 1296 MHz Field Day Yagi Construction, a 26 element conventional-style design. Article with several pictures and detailed homebrewing instructions -
The DL6WU yagi antenna for 23cm band -
HB9CV in-a-box antenna for ATV on 23cm -
A parabolic dish ring feed optimum resonance frequency of 1325MHz -
probably the most simple and inexpensive antenna you could make for 23cm. -
Antennas for the 1296 MHz based on the construction plans of some Yagis 35 elements by DL6WU, F9FT, DJ9YW. These antennas features a boom of about 3 m and gives a gain of about 17.8 dBd -
An interesting presetnation full of usefull tricks to correctly design and build 23 cm Yagi using simple tools. The basic design of the antenna presented in this document is taken from the original DL6WU Yagi Design published in 1982 -
The author who works successfully via EME on this band wants to describe his own yagi design and give some of hints for the construction. by Heinrich F. Reckemeyer, DJ9YW -
Dubus article about DL6WU long yagi antennas for 23 cm band Article is both in german and english. Yagi antennas are valid alternative to dishes for troposcatter operations. This article explains design and mechanical data for 1296 MHz Yagi Antennas -
An easy to build double quad antenna that can be used as an antenna for beginners, it features a wide angle providing a generous alignment. -
Log periodic Antenna for 23, 13 and 9 cm bands. The LPA was built according to a design by DC8CE and is used for amateur radio television -
1260 MHz yagi antenna for ATV with a total Bandwidth (3 dB) 1240-1280 MHz and 10 dBd gain