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Bob Miller · August 23rd 06, 02:46 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 03:41:41 GMT, (Rick) wrote:

Maybe I'm missing something, who manufactures vertical vhf dipoles?

We're hams. We make our own antennas, don't we?
Two pieces of wire, and some insulators.

I agree, a 2 meter dipole would take minutes to make. I was just
curious about manufacturer's published gain figures since I can't
recall ever seeing a manufactured 2 meter center-fed dipole --
apparantely there are a few out there.

bob
k5qwg

I had a vertical dipole for 2 meters once, a section of an old tv
antenna. One element (by definition) mounted on an insulator on a
boom. I attached the boom with two hose clamps onto my tower and
mouunted the single element out from the tower 3-4 feet. Attached a
piece of coax to the elements. Zero cost, used it for 15 years like
that.

Worked great. Wait a minute. On second thought how would I know
that? Ok let me rephrase that. "It worked." It's 2 meters, for
crying out loud - anything works. If you need gain you get a beam.

Rick K2XT