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Rob. Before i purchased and installed my a99 i used a center feed 11 meter dipole.

I was not yet using my Madison as I'd been off the air for almost 30 years and was stuck in past. Back then it was plate modulated AM local rag chew only.

When I decided to get a station together and wanted a simple low cost set up because I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy it for long and even knew if there were locals to contact.

I purchesed an 11 meter dipole from an eBay seller who made and sold dipoles from 10 through 180 meters.. All of his dipoles looked well made and fairly pricred.

I never installed one and asked many questions to members of this site. After taking everryones advice into consideration i decided to go with the inverted V as i wss advised it would work well for local and skip.

When It came time to install no cutting or folding over ends it worked great for local and dx with a 1.1:1 right out of the box. I was only abel to get the feed center about 20' off the ground and was suprised at the great dx an local contacts not to mention the nice recive . Now that I mostly operate skip on ssb I'm concidering putting it back up in a horizontal configuratio manly for skip as I've since learned this is the ideal configuration for a dipole when dxing. It would also be nice to have two antennas to switch between. A dedicated ground wave and skip antenna would be nice.
The link below is the one i purchased from the seller and builder iI hope if someone looking for a wire dipole that comes ready to go with nothing to do but install it checks him out. Sorry I tried to share the ebays. dipoles for sale but i seem to be having a problem. .QUOTE="Robb, post: 126700, member: 8446"]While looking for an antenna for my new Ham rig, I was looking at dipoles. I was looking on the Radiowavz website for a Windom-design 10-40 meter dipole antenna, and noticed that they had a page that had dipoles for CB/11 meters too.
C.B. / 11 Meter

I've never known anyone to have or use a dipole on CB in all of the time that I was on CB years ago. I'm not sure that any of you have used one - or still do. The boast of the dipole for CB is the same as it is for Hams; low noise due to horizontal polarity, high power capacity, stealthy, and easy to tune and upkeep. There are rules that one must use for installation; but not beyond the scope of anyone. SO; does anyone use a dipole - or have you used one in the past? Tell me all about it, if you would.
Thanks!

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<blockquote data-quote="Stellasstillarat" data-source="post: 524309" data-attributes="member: 42401">Rob. Before i purchased and installed my a99 i used a center feed 11 meter dipole.I was not yet using my Madison as I&#039;d been off the air for almost 30 years and was stuck in past. Back then it was plate modulated AM local rag chew only.When I decided to get a station together and wanted a simple low cost&nbsp; set up because I wasn&#039;t sure if I was going to enjoy it for long and even knew if there were locals to contact.I purchesed an 11 meter dipole from an eBay seller who made and sold&nbsp; dipoles from 10 through 180 meters.. All of his dipoles looked&nbsp; well made and fairly pricred.I never installed one and asked many questions to members of this site. After taking everryones advice into consideration i decided to go with the inverted V as i wss advised it&nbsp; would work well for local and skip.When It came time to install no cutting or folding over ends it worked great for local and dx with a 1.1:1 right out of the box. I was only abel to get the feed center about 20&#039; off the ground and was suprised at the great dx an local contacts not to mention the nice recive . Now that I mostly operate skip on ssb I&#039;m concidering putting it back up in a horizontal configuratio manly for skip as I&#039;ve since learned this is the ideal configuration for a dipole when dxing. It would also be nice to have two antennas to switch between. A dedicated ground wave and skip antenna would be nice.The link below is the one i purchased from the seller and builder iI hope if someone looking for a wire dipole that comes ready to go with nothing to do but install it checks him out. Sorry I tried to share the ebays. dipoles for sale but i seem to be having a problem.&nbsp; .QUOTE=&quot;Robb, post: 126700, member: 8446&quot;]While looking for an antenna for my new Ham rig, I was looking at dipoles.&nbsp; I was looking on the Radiowavz website for a Windom-design 10-40 meter dipole antenna, and noticed that they had a page that had dipoles for CB/11 meters too.<a href="http://www.radiowavz.com/html/c_b____11_meter.htm" target="_blank">C.B. / 11 Meter</a>I&#039;ve never known anyone to have or use a dipole on CB in all of the time that I was on CB years ago.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure that any of you have used one - or still do.&nbsp; The boast of the dipole for CB is the same as it is for Hams; low noise due to horizontal polarity, high power capacity, stealthy, and easy to tune and upkeep.&nbsp; There are rules that one must use for installation; but not beyond the scope of anyone.&nbsp; SO; does anyone use a dipole - or have you used one in the past?&nbsp; Tell me all about it, if you would.Thanks!</blockquote>[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Stellasstillarat, post: 524309, member: 42401"] Rob. Before i purchased and installed my a99 i used a center feed 11 meter dipole. I was not yet using my Madison as I'd been off the air for almost 30 years and was stuck in past. Back then it was plate modulated AM local rag chew only. When I decided to get a station together and wanted a simple low cost set up because I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy it for long and even knew if there were locals to contact. I purchesed an 11 meter dipole from an eBay seller who made and sold dipoles from 10 through 180 meters.. All of his dipoles looked well made and fairly pricred. I never installed one and asked many questions to members of this site. After taking everryones advice into consideration i decided to go with the inverted V as i wss advised it would work well for local and skip. When It came time to install no cutting or folding over ends it worked great for local and dx with a 1.1:1 right out of the box. I was only abel to get the feed center about 20' off the ground and was suprised at the great dx an local contacts not to mention the nice recive . Now that I mostly operate skip on ssb I'm concidering putting it back up in a horizontal configuratio manly for skip as I've since learned this is the ideal configuration for a dipole when dxing. It would also be nice to have two antennas to switch between. A dedicated ground wave and skip antenna would be nice. The link below is the one i purchased from the seller and builder iI hope if someone looking for a wire dipole that comes ready to go with nothing to do but install it checks him out. Sorry I tried to share the ebays. dipoles for sale but i seem to be having a problem. .QUOTE="Robb, post: 126700, member: 8446"]While looking for an antenna for my new Ham rig, I was looking at dipoles. I was looking on the Radiowavz website for a Windom-design 10-40 meter dipole antenna, and noticed that they had a page that had dipoles for CB/11 meters too. [URL='http://www.radiowavz.com/html/c_b____11_meter.htm']C.B. / 11 Meter[/URL] I've never known anyone to have or use a dipole on CB in all of the time that I was on CB years ago. I'm not sure that any of you have used one - or still do. The boast of the dipole for CB is the same as it is for Hams; low noise due to horizontal polarity, high power capacity, stealthy, and easy to tune and upkeep. There are rules that one must use for installation; but not beyond the scope of anyone. SO; does anyone use a dipole - or have you used one in the past? Tell me all about it, if you would. Thanks![/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]

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