Well, today I have mostly been playing with bits of coax
I made the collinear antenna yesterday and managed to get it up on the roof and the cable run to where my Raspberry Pi etc will live. It's now just waiting for the new dongle and other bits to arrive.
I did also make a spider antenna with eight legs (as all spiders should have). To say that I used Australia's supply of solder would not be an exaggeration. I really am not very good at all but none of the bits of wire are going anywhere, that's for sure. More is more will be my soldering moto. One day I may post a photo of the antenna but I'm too embarrassed to right now
I used 8 sections to construct my collinear antenna. RG6 cable (75 Ohms) and made the lengths 116mm each.
When you see a Homer Simpson-esque explosion over Western Australia you will know I have got the other bits and pieces and plugged it in
I apologise for the crap standard of photographs but they've been shrunk and resolution reduced so they fit on this forum.