Subj : Options for HT radio antenna?
To   : Nigel Reed
From : Ed Vance
Date : Tue Oct 14 2025 04:26 pm


>   Re: Options for HT radio antenna?
>   By: Sean Dennis to Nigel Reed on Thu Oct 09 2025 18:25:51

> Can't say I have and I'm not sure my wife would go for that so I'm going to
> have to scrap that idea.

> I've not tried making any type of antenna yet. Just watched a video and it
> seems pretty easy. Almost half way to making a trombone :) The guy said he
> was reaching 50 miles with 5-7w so certainly interesting. I don't have any
> copper pipe tho but I'm sure I can find some.

> Also a good option but I would definitely want to have an SWR meter check
> before hooking something like that up. I used to have one back in England in
> my CB days but I'm sure it disappeared when I moved to the US.

> My local club has a 70cm and 2m repeater along with a couple of DStar
> repeaters.

> I did look at some mobile setup that I could sit on my desk. Amazon have them
> for about $150 which doesn't seem to bad but I figure if I'm going to take up
> more desk space, I should probably go for something with more bands since I
> have a general license. I wouldn't mind getting my extra so I don't have to
> worry as much about which bands I can and cannot use but that's not top
> priority right now.
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Speaking of J-Pole Antenna.
Mine is a piece of 300 ohm twinline which is long enuf for Two Meters Band.
One side of the twinlead is cut to make it appear as a J-Pole.
The reinlead is enclosed in a piece of plastic tubing which has a endcap on the
top.
The tubing is slightly longer than the twinlead. I allowed the extra length to
allow the end to go in a piece of metal thai I turned on a lathe at work so it
would fit inside the top of the mast my 2M Beam is mounted on.

On the plastic tubing (pipe) I drilled a hole to put the coax feed line just
above the top of the metal mast the beam is mounted on.

Hth.
Ed
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