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The CB whip HAM "J" Antenna
- Thread starter nfsus
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just a cut up 102 whip into a j pole,, seen it done before, i have a j pole made from tubing and circut board, have made them with copper tubing and made a 11 meter jpole,, they work but with lobes every where,,, i will stay with my ancient cushcraft
No need to destroy tank whip
Open Stub J-Pole Project – Completed (Many times)
I’ve constructed a 144/440 Dual band Open Stub J-Pole Antenna. I saw the plans for this on the internet (link to plans) by Allen Lowe (N0IMW). Since I had a Metal Fabrication background, I th…
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The point of his was that it has the flexibility to be a mobile rig and hit drive thrus and banksNo need to destroy tank whip
Open Stub J-Pole Project – Completed (Many times)
I’ve constructed a 144/440 Dual band Open Stub J-Pole Antenna. I saw the plans for this on the internet (link to plans) by Allen Lowe (N0IMW). Since I had a Metal Fabrication background, I th…nt1k.com
ar2x is what is now a days, i have the original ar2b from the 1980s bought at swap meet for 10 bucks,,
The first mobile test was eye opening. Station 1 is a diamond ground plane 25’ off the ground using an alinco 45w mobile as a base station. Station 2 is my mobile using a cheap Chinese mobile 25w tyt 898 radio.
Simplex
My rx
1/4 nmo s3
5/8 dual band nmo s3-s5
Jpole full scale
My tx
1/4 nmo busy light
5/8 dual band nmo busy light flickering 1 bar
Jpole busy light, solid 2 bars and flickering third bar.
14.25 miles
Simplex
My rx
1/4 nmo s3
5/8 dual band nmo s3-s5
Jpole full scale
My tx
1/4 nmo busy light
5/8 dual band nmo busy light flickering 1 bar
Jpole busy light, solid 2 bars and flickering third bar.
14.25 miles
