great ok...i will post with the results of my project.
I have also ordered a Tram 1480 2M 70CM dual band bass antenna, has anyone
on the list used one of these?
I read some reviews online about it, and it seemed to be either a perfect
antenna, or a terrible one depending on who had had it lol.
73's
Colin, VA6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 5:38 AM
Subject: Re: Twin lead J pole
> Seems to work well, I'm about 54 inches and 16.5 I'm going to play around
> building at least 1 more just to see what happens when.... but it seems to
> work out alright. I have the copper pipe one too on my scanner in my
attic,
> I made that one 4 or 5 years ago that's not too bad either really. I put
it
> on my scanner though because I needed something but I have transmitted on
it
> and it does very well.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 12:43 AM
> Subject: Re: Twin lead J pole
>
>
> hey John:
> Now that its been a while, how did that J pole turn out for you after
all?
> I am going to build one this weekend...i have done quite allot of research
> on them on the net and come up with varying lengths, the most common
around
> 57 to 58 inches for the longer section and around 16.5 for the
> shorter...1.5-1.92 is the most common length for the stub....in your
design
> the length was around 54 inches...did this tune up reasonably well on the
> whole
> band?
> I did make sure the measurements i was getting were for the twin lead
> design...the copper pipe style is a bit longer, around 61 inches and 21
> inches for the shorter and 3 inches for the stub....
> So i guess i will cut mine for about 58 and 17 and put the coax at 1.5 and
> see how it turns out.
> 73's from Colin, VA6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 3:28 PM
> Subject: Twin lead J pole
>
>
> > Well all, I finally made my first twin lead J pole, it went as could be
> > expected, lot of minor problems but this one was a trial run and I'd
say,
> if
> > anyone has tips for the place where I hook the coax up I'd like to hear
> > them, I think next time I'll just cut it there and then make a stub to
go
> > under it and just solder it that way instead of trying to take
insulation
> > off the twinlead about an inch up because that's where it got me in so
> much
> > trouble this time. If anyone has better ideas, I'd love to hear them. I
> > don't know when I'll get to try it again but this one actually, given
that
> > problem that I overcame, it works reasonably well
> >
>
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