On Sat, 30 May 2009 12:38:08 -0700 (PDT), JIMMIE
wrote:

Whats the advantage of the Slim Jim over a plan old J antenna.

It has this coooool name that gives it at least 3.78dB advantage over
the name J-Pole (which, for the same nominal advantage (nominal
meaning name), has about a 5dBd gain over a rubber ducky).

If you want another 3dB nominal advantage, tag the word fractal to it:
Slim Jim Fractal J-Pole Antenna
of course, this being crass and a populist slant toward CBers, you
could tart the name up with academic trappings:
Slim Jim Fractal Gaussian Particels J-Pole Antenna
without bringing so much as 14.2dB loss for your effort.

Through the simple addition of a 2 meter sized dish, you can make it
omindirectional on the 160M band.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC