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This guy recently made a neat roll-up antenna for 2m using "faraday cloth"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7K6DNLD9Wo



This guy has been making fabric antennas for a few years and selling them cheap on ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204232411345

He also makes flatpack helical antennas: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196095158881

I think everyone from hollywood to big corporate companies have been buying his backyard inventions. He should feel really proud getting in there before the academics, youtubers, and opportunists jump on board! I bought this set back in 2019 and have had some really nice chats with the guy.


Just to add, he writes up on his stuff too:

He made an SBand antenna out of a Beachball: https://dalybulge.blogspot.com/2023/09/diy-gatr-ball-antenna...

Before that a Fabric Parabolic Antenna: https://dalybulge.blogspot.com/2022/11/updates-on-portable-p...

Explaining how he did the design: https://dalybulge.blogspot.com/2022/10/parabola-design.html


Great find - thanks for sharing!




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