LONG WIRE ANTENNA AND CARTRIDGE FOR UNUN 9:1

By Ramón Miranda ( YY5RM )ramon.miranda811@[Link]

Greetings Colleagues. The Wire Antennas, as their name indicates, consist of a conductive wire, extended in
horizontal, vertical, diagonally, etc. These are fed at one of their ends, where the impedance and the
voltages are high (I suggest supplementing information online). Our HF equipment is designed to
operate with 50-ohm antenna systems, which is why it should be coupled with a 9:1 Unun, between the line
50-ohm coaxial and one end of the wire of that antenna. Next, I will explain the construction of a cartridge.
for Unun 9:1, as well as some of the ways to implement Wire and Long Wire Antennas.

MATERIALS TO USE (CARTRIDGE):

A PVC ring, 2 inches in diameter.

Two PVC blind caps to seal 2-inch pipes.

inches. You can use one Blind Cap and the other one
Visit (of thread), as explained in this article.

A Female Connector for Coaxial Cable, with screws and

appropriate nuts.

A Bronze or Copper Screw, with double nut, diameter

suitable for connecting Antenna Wire.

Two short wood screws used as fasteners

of the bottom cover.

A small U-shaped clamp with a double nut (a dog can be used for wires).

A solderable terminal, type Eye or Fork.

A 9:1 relationship can be of any type (with an air core, cylindrical or toroidal ferrite)
Internet or in bibliographies, its construction is explained. The one in the previous photograph is a 4:1 balun, with
toroidal core. In the following photograph, the appropriate Unun can be seen.

CONSTRUCTION:

Step 1: The Unun 9:1 toroidal core, used for this article, consists of seven turns of three wires.
uniformly wound in the core
toroidal. In bibliographies and the internet, they always recommend
roll three threads together in parallel and it is noticeable a
splice between the end and the beginning of two of its coils. In
in this case, two parallel threads were wound and the end of
one of the coils continues winding until forming the
third coil, thus avoiding the use of the splice and its
possible losses. They can also observe the rings of
fiberglass covers (they can be plastic covers of
coaxial cable RG58/U), to maintain the three wires
parallelly united, in addition to the use of a small
protective cover of fiberglass tape (it could be tape
common), among the terminals of the copper wires
glazing and the toroidal core, this in order to prevent the electric arc between the wire and the core, when applying RF of
high power. I suggest looking online for some graphs explained by ColegasDK9NL, M0UKD, and EA1KO.
Longwire Antenna with Magnetic Unun 9:1), where its construction can be appreciated, well detailed (remember
sufficiently tension the copper wires to avoid spacing between the core, being careful not to
damage the glazing of them.)

Step 2: Solder the Unun terminals to the Female Connector for coaxial cable. Drill the Blind Cap with drill bits.
suitable, to secure the Female Connector, as seen in the following photographs (left and center).

Step 3: In the 2-inch PVC Ring, insert the Access Plug at one end (apply pipe glue)
PVC) and introduce at the other end of the PVC Ring, the assembly put together in step 2, as shown in the
next photograph on the right (fix with set screws, making sure they do not reach the Unun):

Step 4: Solder the eye terminal to the end of the output wire from the Unun, drill the cartridge to place it.
The brass screw with a double nut and secure it together with the terminal, as shown in the following photograph.
on the left.

Step 5: Drill the Access Cover to secure the U Clamp (remember to apply glue to prevent it from entering
rainwater), as indicated in the same photograph on the left.

Note 1: The antenna cable must be connected to the bronze screw, and in case it is necessary to connect a socket.
land, it should be done on the same nuts that secure the Female Connector, as seen in the photograph of the
right (double nut).
Note 2: You can build the insulators for the ends of the Antenna Wire with 3/4 PVC pipes for water.
hot, two caps for 3/4 PVC pipe, argallatas with double nuts and screw fasteners. Observe the
Next photographs (depending on the tension and length of the thread, I suggest placing three set screws for each)
cover, and in case of fixing an end to the trunk of a tree, use two or three insulators in series at that end.

Note 3: I suggest that the length of the antenna thread and cable
coaxial, in multiples of 1/2 wavelength, of the most bandwidth
long to use. Examples: For Bands 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 Meters,
it should be 40.54 or 81.08 meters long in antenna and 27.5 or
55 meters for the coaxial cable; For Bands 40, 20, 15, and 10
Metres = 21.12 meters long in antenna and multiples of 13.7
meters in coaxial cable (Connect as indicated in the photograph of the
right ). Any other available length can be used and
connect them with Antenatuner. Through the internet, one obtains
information about wire or tube antenna lengths
aluminum, from different brands (Example: Diamond). In the
first test (*), 6.40 meters of thread was used, with excellent results (Bandwidth, SWR,
Field Intensity, Impedance, etc. in Bands 10, 11, 12, with regular results and low performance in others
Bands. In the second test (**), 27.5 meters of RG58/U coaxial cable were used and the antenna was resonated at
80 Meter Band, using a 7.30 meter long wire (fed from the upper end), with a coil
(its construction is explained in the article 'Coils for Dipoles'), consisting of 127 turns, interspersed at 2.5 meters from
end of the Cartridge, with the following results: Impedances approximately 50 ohms, Field intensity
According to the size (it should have greater length, to improve, in bands of 160, 80, and 40 meters), it does not move the needle of
ROE REV in frequencies; 1.950 to 2.000 (MF, 160 Meters, **), 3.500 to 3.900 (HF, 80 Meters, “ frequency
resonant”, ** ), 7.000 to 7.050 ( HF, 40 Meters, **, low performance ), 24.400 to 24.900 ( HF, 12 Meters, * ), 27.200 to
30.000 ( HF, 10 and 11 Meters, * ), 31.000 to 31.100 ( VHF, 9 Meters, *, highest frequency on my equipment ).
 Note 4: The ideal for laying a Long Wire Antenna would be to use
various wavelengths, taking advantage of nearby resources
station (fix it from the trunk of a distant tree, building, tower, or
any similar), but if there is only a mast and Dipole Antenna V
inverted, single-band, mounted with pulley, an additional one can be added
second pulley, to install the Wire Antenna, perpendicularly to
this Dipole, as shown in the photographs on the left. Even
Two Wire Antennas can be installed, at 180 degrees from each other and at 90.
degrees with respect to the Dipole. In the upper photograph, it can be seen the
Wire Antenna for 10, 11, and 12 Meter Bands (1st Test), with two
series insulators at the upper end and powered with the Unun 9:1
from the bottom edge. In the lower photograph, the coil is observed.
of 127 turns, interleaved in the Wire Antenna, for 80 Band
Metros (2nd test), powered with the Unun 9:1, at the end
superior). These settings allow the use of two HF equipment.
simultaneously and take advantage of the benefits offered by antennas
monobands.

Note 5: The Unun 9:1 can be constructed with an air core, ferrite, or
iron powder, in bar or toroidal form, the coil diameter and number
of wire turns, it will depend on the permeability of the core (
The permeability multiplies the inductance of the coil, making it
smaller and with fewer turns). In case you don't get the
Toroid, you can build a larger cartridge and use a 9:1 Unun.
with an air core. In the photograph it can be seen; On the right, the toroid
of ferrite (without paint) and on the left the one made of iron powder (it is
removed paint to appreciate the iron dust.

Note 6: Typically, Ununs are constructed for a 9:1 ratio (50 to 450 ohms), with three groups of coils.
parallely wound. They can be built with three or four groups of coils and take derivations, to
adjust the impedances between the antenna and the coaxial cable. Below is an example of a multiple Unun (only one)
terminal connects to the brass screw), with selectable output at 4:1 (50 to 200 ohms), 9:1 (50 to 450 ohms)
y 16:1 ( 50 to 800 ohms ):
To conclude: The present is the second version of the article. It is
It is important to clarify that I have only conducted tests with short lengths.
in antenna, for Bands 160, 80, and 40 Meters. In case they are given
the conditions, the end of the Thread will soon be fixed to a
tree, located 50 meters away from my QTH (In the photograph
the tree and the possible trajectory is observed) and if the results
remain satisfactory, a third version will be published. Until the
next, QRV.

Ramón Miranda YY5RM