On Feb 11, 7:44*pm, brian whatcott wrote:
A fellow I work with showed me his new antenna buy for his handy-talky.
A slim Jim. The punch line is low angle radiation boosting apparent
gain. * I bought one too. Under $30 with feeder and connector.

Brian w

Pretty expensive, considering it might have 10 bucks worth of parts.
Are people really so bereft of skills today that they can't solder a
few wires together?