Posted: 5/26/2008 3:28:23 PM EDT
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http://hometown.aol.com/alonestaryank/jpole.html i know you old hams have already done this. but i made oe today and it works pretty well on my HT and hopefully on my mobile when it gets there as well. wire and components cost me about 40.00 <yes i could have bought a premade for that> but i have enough wire to build about 15-20 of these. i made one for 2m. i am going to try a 70cm next week. the 2m antenna seems to do VERY well. i picked up an swr meter today but haven't tuned it properly yet. |
go to the tacked HAM RADIO 101 thread, ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=10&f=22&t=604477 scroll 3/4 of the way down the first page to "field expedient antennas for SHTF applications" and then scroll a bit farther down to "constructing a J-pole antenna for VHF/UHF" therein you will find links to many J-pole antenna construction articles replete with pics. ar-jedi here is one of mine rolled up...  |