A jpole is a end-fed halfwave - and because of that, lends itself well to
vertical applications.
It could just as well be oriented horizontally,
but
for a half-wave horizontal antenna,
a run-of-the-mill center fed dipole may be in order.
feed it directly with coax from the transmitter.
or not
(long runs may deserve twin lead or ladder line)
"Chuck W." wrote in message
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http://www.tfn.net/~gfloyd7/antenna
I'm interested in a wire gain antenna for 6m SSB, and the design above
looks like a pretty quick project. Is it possible to use a j-pole like
this above efficiently as a horizontal antenna? Couldn't it be
center-fed with, say, 2 collinear half-wave sections seperated by 1/4
phasing stubs? In doing so, I was thinking of feeding the center with
300 ohm balanced line.
Thanks for any thoughts.
-Chuck
W1CEW
www.chuckwyatt.com