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Old June 2nd 09, 05:39 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
JIMMIE JIMMIE is offline
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Default Tube and Twin lead Slim Jim

On Jun 2, 4:51*am, Ian Jackson
wrote:
In message , Cecil Moore
writes

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


Apparently, the take-off-angle:


http://www.para.org.ph/membersarticl...Slim%20Jim.htm


I'm sure that W4RNL did a comparison. It might be in here.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8511817/Some-JPoles-That-I-Have-Known-4
http://www.cebik.com/
If it's not in there somewhere, a Google will be necessary.

Essentially, the answer was 'not a lot', except that the Slim Jim
version (the one with the folded-over top) had a slightly wider
bandwidth / flatter SWR plot.
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Ian