I have the water pipe J pole for 2 and 440 and find the same thing, it's
good on 2 meters but no good on 440, it's a little better then a rubber
duck, but a few of us that I used to talk to built them and found the same
thing with all of them.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: TV twin lead antenna
> Hi.
>
> I tried running a copper tubing J-pole on both 144 and 440. On 2 meters
> it
> was great, and the antenna loaded on 440 MHz, but the performance was
> poor.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>