The Mighty Big Array of Finn Jensen LA8YB
This article pays tribute to Finn Jensen (LA8YB), a dedicated radio amateur who built a massive antenna array in the forests near Oslo. It details his technical achievements in Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) communication and his contributions to the amateur radio community.
Why it matters
It highlights the dedication of hobbyists in the amateur radio community and serves as a memorial for a significant figure in the field.
LA0BY , last updated 21.08.2011 Few have seen such a monster antenna as the one of Finn LA8YB. It took this man more than 10 years to build a 32 x 17-ele-Yagi system for 144 MHz in the forests near Oslo. Thereby he created one of the largest amateur radio antenna arrays in the World. With this he can hear his own echoes with only 10 W of RF output power, and he is able to work single yagi stations in CW � easily! The pictures below give some impression of what I am talking about. The main horizontal mast is carried by two towers that run on a rail. Finn engineered and raised everything himself, being at an age where many other people spend their time worrying about the weather and things.
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