Has anyone tried these?
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_el...na&node=172282
Curious as I might be looking to install some antennas at the home qth. Prices seem ok but I have never heard of these guys
Has anyone tried these?
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_el...na&node=172282
Curious as I might be looking to install some antennas at the home qth. Prices seem ok but I have never heard of these guys
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A 2m dipole? Seriously?
Why not just make your own antennas?
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Time constraints...lol I'm home 3 days once every 28-30. If I had the time to tinker, I would love making antenna's.Originally Posted by KJ3N
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I hope you're young and paid well. I wouldn't do that.
An 80m doublet fed with ladder line should take less than an hour to make. I've wasted more time getting the support ropes into the trees than I spent building the antenna.
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Fact is, put up whatever you can afford in the time you have available. Any antenna is better than no antenna. Although fan dipoles are easy to build, it does take some time to tweak them in. A store bought one should be pruned as well, but it will probably work right out of the box and get you going. What ever you decide to do, good luck, and maybe we can chat some day. (After I fix my own antennas after the last storm)
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What he said. If you have a tuner just get the wire up. I prefer buying wire at the hardware store in 500' spools and picking up some window line and just making a coax balun.
Some soldering and a few casts with the big pole and you're in business.
No but they look interesting.
I've had good luck with The Wireman for antenna supplies. They even have a limited selection of kits that include commonly-used parts.
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Well, they're dipoles. Hard to be able to find X being better than Y... After all, it's two wires, and a coax connection.
FWIW, there's a big push to put baluns on the centerpoint of dipoles. Often times, it causes more harm than good. Other times, it does nothing. 10% of the time, it can fix a problem. I'd skip the balun.
Last edited by KC2UGV; 08-08-2013 at 06:39 AM.
Im paid moderately well. Gets the bills paid. Not much left over anymore like there used to be. Im 45 so not old but not a stud anymore either...lol
I got trees aroind the house but also close neighbors and hv power lines all over so my hanging options are limited. Cant afford a vertical so thats why im thinking dipole IF i can work around these issues
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