On 19 Jan 2005 05:26:40 -0800, wrote:

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|So it is basically a j pole? I guess it would perform like one? I am
|going back and forth and cant decide what to do for two meters.

Using the same site as a source:

http://www.hamuniverse.com/2metergp.html

Build this and be done with it. All this stuff about "gain" in a
monopole is so much BS.