Sleeved cb antenna never seen

[nfsus]

I saw this and I dont think think I've ever seen one. I'd like to read some more about it maybe.

 

[BJ radionut]

Vertical Sleeved Dipole How-To

There has been some repeated interest in homebrewing a suitable dipole for vertical use on several forums and numerous threads. I decided to put this info up so a forum seach could take them directly to this method of getting on the air with an easy to make, pole mountable, rigid version of the...

www.worldwidedx.com

 

[nfsus]

I get the idea, but on a mobile? Howd they do that and was it effective at all

 

[Eldorado828]

Vertical Sleeved Dipole How-To

There has been some repeated interest in homebrewing a suitable dipole for vertical use on several forums and numerous threads. I decided to put this info up so a forum seach could take them directly to this method of getting on the air with an easy to make, pole mountable, rigid version of the...

www.worldwidedx.com

That's interesting and looks fairly simple to make. So I take it there's some sort of copper sleeve over the braiding? Could use copper tubing? Shrink wrap the whole thing to weatherproof it maybe.

 

[nfsus]

It came with 17ft of coax attached.

 

[nfsus]

Looking at it some more and thinking about it, it's just a dipole. Any gains they claim wouldve been from having a matching ground section where the automobile might or might not have a good enough match. That's all I see. Not that it's a terrible idea or anything but if the car is a good enough counterpoise then youd see no real improvement over a whip fed at the same height. Maybe I'm wrong