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I have an 'inverted V' dipole in my attic and it works great, very wide band low SWR range. Antennas without loading coils to shorten the length generally have lower swr over a wider range which is why it's such a pain to tune tiny loaded car antennas.

The cost was $0 dollars, best antenna no money can buy.

I used the plastic lid from a mayo jar and attached a coax connector through the center of the lid pulled from a dead radio. Then I stripped old TV coax down to the copper by using a sharp knife. Soldered this to the coax connector. Hung the mayo lid from a rafter then ran the two 100 inch legs down opposite each other and attached to suitcase handles.

[QUOTE="Spud, post: 387398, member: 27096"] I have an 'inverted V' dipole in my attic and it works great, very wide band low SWR range. Antennas without loading coils to shorten the length generally have lower swr over a wider range which is why it's such a pain to tune tiny loaded car antennas. The cost was $0 dollars, best antenna no money can buy. I used the plastic lid from a mayo jar and attached a coax connector through the center of the lid pulled from a dead radio. Then I stripped old TV coax down to the copper by using a sharp knife. Soldered this to the coax connector. Hung the mayo lid from a rafter then ran the two 100 inch legs down opposite each other and attached to suitcase handles. [/QUOTE]

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