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    Another home brew antenna

    I built this one using #10 insulated copper that I had on hand. Total cost about $20. Right now the bottom is up about 17 feet. Gets out locally about 15 miles.
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    Always interesting to see the things people come up with. How do you tune it and what is your SWR ? Enjoy !

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    Quote Originally Posted by whiteastro View Post
    Always interesting to see the things people come up with. How do you tune it and what is your SWR ? Enjoy !
    Thanks.Tuned close to flat 1:1.2 across all 40, I made a boo-boo however at first when I wired it up though. I used a solderless 4-point nut and bolt connection for the lower radials and had tied the center conductor to ground. After I corrected that, I just shortened the top radial a bit to tune. To test, I slipped the pvc mast over a piece of steel pipe supported by a 3’ round wooden cable spool set on it’s end. I could easily lift the mast out of the center hole of the spool, rest it on a step ladder, and make my adjustments.

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    very cool !

    i built something similar 10ish years ago and it did well also . people underestimate what speaker wire and pvc can do congrats .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fistfulladirt View Post
    I built this one using #10 insulated copper that I had on hand. Total cost about $20. Right now the bottom is up about 17 feet. Gets out locally about 15 miles.
    If you can get it up another 10-20' you will probably be able to get out triple what you do now!

    When I raised my tower up from 30' to 40' it seemed like I doubled my distance I could talk and hear locally...DX was about the same, but local talked greatly improved just by adding a extra 10'...


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