Poll: vote for your favorite 1/4 wave gp

[RickC.]

Well thanks fellas, but that antenna is just a product of natural smarta$$ness, not any technological genius idea. I always wondered what it would be like to make an antenna out of beer/coke cans. Truth is, it was a pain in the butt to build!

Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Ebay?

 

[W5LZ]

Why would you want to sell it? It isn't the antenna, but the preparations for making it!
- 'Doc


(In case you didn't know, all the holes should be on the bottom!)

 

[RickC.]

(In case you didn't know, all the holes should be on the bottom!)

Heh! I just plugged the top one so I'd be able to read the cans... Dang, I'm always overlooking somethin'...

 

[HomerBB]

Can you change the SWR by pouring beer into and out of the cans?

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

Can you change the SWR by pouring beer into and out of the cans?

i bet Coors has 3/4 db more signal than Budweiser !
and does salt water in the cans give better performance than beer

 

[mackmobile43]

Well the official winner of the home brew 1/4 wave antenna build off is the beer can and ash tray antenna.

And even though the chicken wire and 5/8 wave tied for second the chicken wire wins that because it is a 1/4 wave and the 5/8 is not, sorry.

And even though my wire 1/4 didn't get a single vote I declare it the 3nd place winner because I made the the poll I as all knowing dictator of this thread declare it so.:laugh::tongue:

 

[HomerBB]

 

[RickC.]

I'd like to thank the academy and all who made this possible: Ben Franklin, Marconi, DeForest, Ohm, Walmart, Lowe's, and Adolph Coors and Sons.

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

there ya go

 

[HomerBB]

I'd like to thank the academy and all who made this possible: Ben Franklin, Marconi, DeForest, Ohm, Walmart, The Home Depot, and Adolph Coors and Sons.

 

[RickC.]

A 20 fan are you, Homer?

Actually, I think I ended up going to both. I'm in both places so much I lose track...

 

[HomerBB]

Not a nascar person, but I am commercially competitive. The Home Depot company mascot is a cartoon character do-it-yourselfer dubbed Homer.

I work for The Home Depot, thus my username: Homer Big Box store.

Homer

The fuzzy photo of my chicken wire antenna with me in it was in front of the store. All in fun

 

[RickC.]

Ah! Sorry!

I don't know whether any part of this antenna came from HD, but the stainless bolts and nuts for the yagi came from the Urnge store. So did the mailbox I recently bought (and have yet to put up), the electric edger I used yesterday, my mower, and pile of other stuff around here!



Rick

 

[HomerBB]

The status of your antenna is going up . . .
of course, my entire antenna is orange

 

[mackmobile43]

I'd like to thank the academy and all who made this possible: Ben Franklin, Marconi, DeForest, Ohm, Walmart, Lowe's, and Adolph Coors and Sons.

Your award certificate and trophy will not be arriving soon, thanks for playing the family feud.