Thanks for that. I'm thinking about going with the design you gave.
I'm also guessing I'll need to tune the antenna using an SWR meter. A
lot of the ones on ebay (UK) are listed as CB SWR meters. Will these
be OK for the 2m band?
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Not really , go for a proper SWR meter suitable for freqs up to 150 MHz
Even better ,buy or borrow an antenna analyser . The MFJ259 is rather
popular ,but there are others as well.


Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH