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On Sat, 30 May 2009 12:38:08 -0700 (PDT), JIMMIE
wrote: Whats the advantage of the Slim Jim over a plan old J antenna. It has this coooool name that gives it at least 3.78dB advantage over the name J-Pole (which, for the same nominal advantage (nominal meaning name), has about a 5dBd gain over a rubber ducky). If you want another 3dB nominal advantage, tag the word fractal to it: Slim Jim Fractal J-Pole Antenna of course, this being crass and a populist slant toward CBers, you could tart the name up with academic trappings: Slim Jim Fractal Gaussian Particels J-Pole Antenna without bringing so much as 14.2dB loss for your effort. Through the simple addition of a 2 meter sized dish, you can make it omindirectional on the 160M band. 73's Richard Clark, KB7QHC |
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