The ZR6YY Antenna for 6m
Maurius, ZR6YY

 

The Driven elements of the ZR6YY antennaThe Driven elements of the ZR6YY antenna

Having received numerous requests to publish the design for the ZR6YY yagi I have now put the information out world wide in the hope that the design works for you.


 

Element Lengths  

reflector

320 cm

driven 1

296.5 cm

driven 2

274.5 cm

director 1

255 cm

director 2

254 cm

director 3

245 cm

 

Element Spacing 

The measurements are taken from the reflector element  

reflector

0

driven 1

78.5 cm

driven 2

120.8 cm

director 1

179.2 cm

director 2

267 cm

director 3

383 cm

Construction

All the elements are isolated from the boom. The two driven elements are fed direct and 180 degrees out of phase. Feed the antenna directly with 50 ohm coax no balun necessary. Driven element 1 and driven element 2 are made up of two pieces of aluminium each separated by a 15mm gap.