Making Satellite Antennas With Lasers

I got tired of fighting my flaky 3D printers to make helical antennas, and decided to try laser cutting! This seems to work really well for simple L-band antennas, and should work for other stuff as well!

My laser cut files can be found here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6963608

I roughly copied DerekSGC's 3D-printed designs: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4980180

I'm using an Xtool P2 Pro laser. It's a lot nicer than open-frame lasers since it smokes a bit less and is a bit safer!
US: https://www.xtool.com/?ref=lxgmjrsp&utm_medium=5306&utm_source=influencer
EU: https://www.xtool.eu/?ref=lxgmjrsp&utm_medium=5307&utm_source=influencer
UK: https://uk.xtool.com/?ref=lxgmjrsp&utm_medium=5312&utm_source=influencer
France: https://fr.xtool.com/?ref=lxgmjrsp&utm_medium=6589&utm_source=influencer
Germany: https://de.xtool.com/?ref=lxgmjrsp&utm_medium=6578&utm_source=influencer

I used GIMP to do the image editing: https://www.gimp.org/

I used a Nooelec HackRF One: https://amzn.to/4kc2E37

And a SAWbird+GOES filter: https://amzn.to/3F0UWIX

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