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Michael Black[_2_] · November 8th 14, 03:59 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew

On Sat, 8 Nov 2014, wrote:

Channel Jumper wrote:

You can buy a decent 10 / 11 meter ground plane antenna for about $69.00
- why in the heck would you want to build one out of plastic pipe?

Because you can make on for about $20 even if you have to buy everything
new and even less if you have some extra wire and pipe.

On the other hand, I once bought a CB set at a garage sale (I had
intentions for reusing it) for all of five dollars, and they threw in an
SWR meter and the whip antenna. I couldn't be bothered carrying the whip,
so I left it, but at that price, it probably could have formed a good
basis of a 10M antenna. And back in the day, I remember various projects
that used CB whips for other bands, simply because as a mass produced
item, they were cheap and easy to find.

But no, if you have to pay $70, scrounging will always be cheaper.

Michael