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Homemade QFH Helix Antenna For NOAA Weather Satellites

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In this video I'm attempting to make a fancier antenna for listening to NOAA weather satellites. This is called a "Quadrifilar Helix" or QFH Antenna. These are supposed to be better than the simple V-Dipole that you can make out of metal rods or TV rabbit ears. However, I didn't notice a huge difference in image quality with this vs the dipole.

Some info on how to make these can be found at the links below:

https://www.instructables.com/NOAA-Satellite-Signals-with-a-PVC-QFH-Antenna-and-/

http://www.rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp/digitalbeacon/information/Building_QFH_Antenna_Guide.pdf

https://f4bpp.com/articles.php?lng=en&pg=116&tconfig=0

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