Don's 2 Meter Extreme Dream Beam Antenna

Building the ultimate 2 meter ham radio beam antenna with local parts. Estimated at (12.5 dbd ) this video shows how to build it and the parts you will need, and analyzer performance stats for frequency and swr. UPDATED VIDEO ON OUR CHANNEL NOW.
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Much has changed in the last 3 years on the materials and plans
so visit our webpage at http://extremedreambeam.com for the very latest measurements and material lists. The stuff in this video is a bit outdated. Read this thoroughly before building. Be sure to set youtube to play in HD format for any screen grabs and to view the plans and parts list at the end of the video. Because there is a certain amount of parallax involved in construction and bending and attachments of the wires and coax and with later modifications we removed the antenna and redefined the measurements further after making the video in an effort to be more clear.
From the bend to bend of each piece of copper, this is the measurements of the elements. Using any other screws can effect the frequency. From U to U or to the bends where you attach the screws are listed. The distance between the bends.
Please understand you must cut the wire longer to achieve this and your bending needs to be like the video shows. It is not super critical except for the driven element, but we wanted to be clear.
Distance inside the bends is shown below.

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U----------------82 1/2"-----------------U Reflector
U------------78 5/8"-----------U DE
U------------74"-----------U Dir 1
U---------72"-------U Dir 2
U------70"------U Dir 3
2" of exposed unshielded rg8 or 213, 50 ohm coax to attach.- This is critical. Using smaller coax is unwise on 2 meter and will change the length needed of the unshielded coax for a perfect match. If you did use smaller coax you would peal back more shield, but it will exceed the coax guard and performance is lost in the feed line.
If you can test frequency resonance that is recommended but if the distance inside the bends matches, you will be very close to perfect resonance for 2 meters.