
I have completed posting a series of projects at Instructables.com that shows my build of a SBGH6 with straight NARODs, lots of photos and text. My objectives are to encourage first-time builders and to draw the Instructables DIY community to this forum. My antenna features active elements made of links of copper tubing soldered together at the corners on a jig, and the antenna's plastic frame is also assembled on a jig. The antenna went together nicely, and it receives stations up to 46 miles away in Washington, D.C., including the two available high-VHF ones. Some ideas in the series could be applied to building any version of the GH.
Antenna photos may be seen in my forum albums:
http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/picture.php?albumid=632&pictureid=3391
http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/picture.php?albumid=647&pictureid=3406
List of Instructables:
1. How to mark, cut, drill and join plastic pipe and fittings:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Gray-Hoverman-TV-Antenna-Plastic-Crafts/
2. Make The Active Elements:
a. Build the assembly jig:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Gray-Hoverman-TV-Antenna-Active-Element-Assembly-J/
b. Prepare the copper tubing links:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Gray-Hoverman-TV-Antenna-Active-Element-Copper-Lin/
c. Assemble the active elements:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Gray-Hoverman-TV-Antenna-Active-Element-Assembly/
3. Reflector Rods:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Gray-Hoverman-TV-Antenna-Reflector-Rods/
4. Antenna Plastic Frame Assembly:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Gray-Hoverman-TV-Antenna-Plastic-Frame-Assembly/
5. Gray Hoverman TV Antenna Final Assembly:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Gray-Hoverman-TV-Antenna-Final-Assembly/
Straighten Copper Wire:
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Straighten-Heavy-Copper-Wire/
6. Make tophat (alternative to straight) NARODs:
http://www.instructables.com/id/NAROD-Bending-Jig-for-Gray-Hoverman-TV-Antenna/