Opinion: Dipoles
 

Anyone have any good sugesstions for dipoles brand or type (I won't be doing
80M...That's a long strech?

Thanks
NG!I

Frank MacKenzie-Lamb wrote:
Anyone have any good sugesstions for dipoles brand or type (I won't be doing
80M...That's a long strech?

A lot of the fun in ham radio is building your own antennas.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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"Frank MacKenzie-Lamb" wrote in message
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Anyone have any good sugesstions for dipoles brand or type (I won't be
doing
80M...That's a long strech?

Thanks
NG!I



Build it. 468 divided by Frequency in MegaHertz. Cut in half, Feed
with 50 ohm coaxial cable. Hang up, talk on it.

Number 14 stranded copper from your local Lowes/Home Depot do the trick.

Don't have any 'real' insulators? Cut some from a hunk of PVC tubing.

Use nylon 'chalk line' to hang it up with.

Dan/W4NTI

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Frank MacKenzie-Lamb wrote:
Anyone have any good sugesstions for dipoles brand or type (I won't be
doing
80M...That's a long strech?

A lot of the fun in ham radio is building your own antennas.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


And a dipole is a good start!

Ed
wb6wsn

Take a piece of wire, divide the frequency you want to operate on in MHz in
to 468, cut the wire to this length in feet. Divide it into two pieces and
put a center and 2 end insulators on it. Connect the coax, braid to one wire
and the center conductor to the other.

Invest the money you just saved in an amateur radio handbook.




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"Frank MacKenzie-Lamb" wrote in message
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Anyone have any good sugesstions for dipoles brand or type (I won't be
doing
80M...That's a long strech?

Thanks
NG!I

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Frank MacKenzie-Lamb wrote:
Anyone have any good sugesstions for dipoles brand or type (I won't be
doing
80M...That's a long strech?

A lot of the fun in ham radio is building your own antennas.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


I keep thinking about people who go to the store and buy peeled carrots and
canned potatoes.

Tam/WB2TT

Tarmo Tammaru wrote:
"Cecil Moore" wrote:
A lot of the fun in ham radio is building your own antennas.

I keep thinking about people who go to the store and buy peeled carrots and
canned potatoes.

I do that so I will have more time to build antennas. :-)
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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My favorite dipole (that is factory-made) is the Icom AH-710. Broadbanded
(1.9 - 30 Mhz), 150 Watt , 3,1 kg, and just 24,5 meter long.
73 de SM4YRH

"Frank MacKenzie-Lamb" skrev i meddelandet
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Anyone have any good sugesstions for dipoles brand or type (I won't be
doing
80M...That's a long strech?

Thanks
NG!I

"Frank MacKenzie-Lamb" wrote in message
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Anyone have any good sugesstions for dipoles brand or type (I won't be
doing
80M...That's a long strech?

Thanks
NG!I



Hi,

Check here http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry/qsl-g5rv.htm
If it needs a balun, that can be your "weakest point" in the system. try to
not overload it (high SWR in emission) and protect the balun against
moisture.

73's
Thierry
ON4SKY

Brand?....BRAND??? C'mon, we're talking DIPOLES here! Get your wire cutters
and soldering iron.

Frank, a G5RV antenna in its pure form is 102 feet long, and will give you
80-10 coverage. But it doesn't have to be 102 feet in a straight line. Put
your feedpoint in the center of your cleared area; run the wires out as far
as you can, out to your supports. Watever is left, take it down the
support, run it along the top of the fence, tie it off to a tree, etc..

At this point, it's not really a G5RV any more. The trick to making this
antenna work, is to feed it with twin lead, 300-600 ohm, and a good antenna
tuner. In fact, with this system, the wire doesn't necessarily have to be
102 feet long, either - just make it as long as you can get it.

And use a REAL center insulator, please. Budwig,, or Van Gorden, or one of
those.

Good luck,
-Mike KI6PR
El Rancho R.F., CA

"Frank MacKenzie-Lamb" wrote
Anyone have any good sugesstions for dipoles brand or type (I won't be
doing
80M...That's a long strech?

Thanks
NG!I