How To Assemble A Laser-Cut L-Band Helical Antenna

This video is a follow up to the laser-cut antenna I made a while back (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUHieqIKgMM). It's also an instructional video if you picked one of these up from me at Open Sauce 2026. If you missed out, you'll just have to come to the next Open Sauce convention!

The laser cutting files are here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6963608

This is the SMA connector I used: https://amzn.to/4y4BD8v

If you don't already have a Sawbird+GOES you'll also need one of those: https://amzn.to/4gkwu66

Text-based instructions can be found at https://saveitforparts.com/2026/07/03/how-to-assemble-a-laser-cut-l-band-antenna-feed/


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