On 08 Jan 2004 19:11:52 GMT, (Desmoface) wrote:

Have built several of these -- works great -- just run the coax at 90
degrees as far as you can from the center feed point OR consider using a
coax choke or balun.

Yeah, exactly what i was thinking of building...was just gonna string wire up a
tree...will probably have to run the coax parallell to the lower half of the
antenna though...wonder what effect that will have?? Thanks again for the
info..

73's de kb8viv
steve

Hi Steve,

There are two ways to accomplish this.

1.) Simply run a length of coax directly up. Strip back the shield
to expose a quarterwave upper element and in the stripping back of the
shield, actually roll it back over the jacket below it to serve as the
lower element.

2.) Use a quarterwave length of tube as the lower half, run the coax
up its interior, connect the shield to it at the top of the tube, and
continue the inner coax up another quarterwave.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC