Recently acquired a 50W 2 meter rig, and I'm wondering if using aJ-pole
made of 300-ohm twin lead as an emegency antenna would be feasable..or
would the rig be tuned for maximum smoke?

--
"The French have neither summer nor winter nor morals." -- Mark Twain

"Padraigh ProAmerica" wrote in message
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Recently acquired a 50W 2 meter rig, and I'm wondering if using aJ-pole
made of 300-ohm twin lead as an emegency antenna would be feasable..or
would the rig be tuned for maximum smoke?

--
"The French have neither summer nor winter nor morals." -- Mark Twain


Search at google.com for twin lead j pole; twinlead jpole; jpole twinlead;
j pole twin-lead or some such combination. I found approximately 137,000
search returns whichever way I tried it. You didn't.

Afterward, search for the correct version of your insult against France.
It's misquoted.

"Sal" wrote in message ...

"Padraigh ProAmerica" wrote in message
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Recently acquired a 50W 2 meter rig, and I'm wondering if using aJ-pole
made of 300-ohm twin lead as an emegency antenna would be feasable..or
would the rig be tuned for maximum smoke?

--
"The French have neither summer nor winter nor morals." -- Mark Twain


Search at google.com for twin lead j pole; twinlead jpole; jpole
twinlead; j pole twin-lead or some such combination. I found
approximately 137,000 search returns whichever way I tried it. You
didn't.

Afterward, search for the correct version of your insult against France.
It's misquoted.

To answer your question Pad,
Yes, 300 ohm feed line will do quite well for 2 meters at 50 watts IF it's
made correctly and you have a good match.

Kevin, WB5RUE

Quoted correctly or not it's still accurate.

On 8/1/2011 4:38 PM, Kevin wrote:

Kevin, WB5RUE

Quoted correctly or not it's still accurate.


Ahh, the brothership of Hams - Good to see a friendly face here Kevin.


- Mike N3LI -

At least it's good to see that my posts are making it out!

The French, in the cities tend to be rude and arrogant -- kind of like New
York City but worse. In the smaller towns they are quite pleasant and
welcome tourists as long as they don't act like "rude Americans" and expect
"special treatment."

Kevin, WB5RUE

"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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On 8/1/2011 4:38 PM, Kevin wrote:

Kevin, WB5RUE

Quoted correctly or not it's still accurate.


Ahh, the brothership of Hams - Good to see a friendly face here Kevin.


- Mike N3LI -

"Kevin" wrote in message ...

At least it's good to see that my posts are making it out!

The French, in the cities tend to be rude and arrogant -- kind of like New
York City but worse. In the smaller towns they are quite pleasant and
welcome tourists as long as they don't act like "rude Americans" and expect
"special treatment."
-
I personally had terrific interactions with people in France. However, it
is still a lot of fun to have jokes at their expense

On 8/1/2011 9:13 PM, Kevin wrote:
At least it's good to see that my posts are making it out!

The French, in the cities tend to be rude and arrogant -- kind of like New
York City but worse. In the smaller towns they are quite pleasant and
welcome tourists as long as they don't act like "rude Americans" and expect
"special treatment."

I've found that when I attempt to speak the language, I'm pretty well
treated.

Now there is the possibility that they just find it amusing and
charming, because I took both French and Spanish, and in conversation I
can slip between both languages inadvertently.

Usually when I note that I "Parlez poco Francaise" they start smiling....

As for New York, I haven't had much trouble there, but then I give back
what I get. Most seem to actually like some attitude. Go figure!

Like the old joke "Can you tell me the directions to Soho, or should I
just go @*^! myself?

Whaddevuh! 8^)

- 73 de Mike N3LI -

On Aug 1, 9:13*pm, "Kevin" wrote:
At least it's good to see that my posts are making it out! *

The French, in the cities tend to be rude and arrogant -- kind of like New
York City but worse. *In the smaller towns they are quite pleasant and
welcome tourists as long as they don't act like "rude Americans" and expect
"special treatment."

Kevin, WB5RUE

"Mike Coslo" wrote in message

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On 8/1/2011 4:38 PM, Kevin wrote:

Kevin, WB5RUE

Quoted correctly or not it's still accurate.

Ahh, the brothership of Hams - Good to see a friendly face here Kevin.

- Mike N3LI -

It was a lot like that in Germany in the 80's .I was stationed there
for 3 years and found if you get out of the "GI Towns" and went to the
smaller villages and towns outside of the bases they treated you like
gold.Of course I guess that's like anywhere else you get out of the
big cities and people are a more laid back .

On 7/31/2011 9:49 PM, Padraigh ProAmerica wrote:
Recently acquired a 50W 2 meter rig, and I'm wondering if using aJ-pole
made of 300-ohm twin lead as an emegency antenna would be feasable..or
would the rig be tuned for maximum smoke?


They say it can be done... Not my choice though. I prefer simple 1/4
wave ground planes as simple emergency or temporary antennas.
IE: a 1/4 wave ground plane can be made with five pieces of wire
and an SO-239 connector. Or a telescoping whip that can extend that
far, and four pieces of stiff wire for radials, which would be bent
out at about 45 degrees.
I think the 1/4 wave ground plane will be a better decoupled antenna
vs the usual J-pole, assuming no other decoupling methods are applied.
Another advantage is no matching schemes are required.

"NM5K" wrote in message
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On 7/31/2011 9:49 PM, Padraigh ProAmerica wrote:
Recently acquired a 50W 2 meter rig, and I'm wondering if using aJ-pole
made of 300-ohm twin lead as an emegency antenna would be feasable..or
would the rig be tuned for maximum smoke?


They say it can be done... Not my choice though. I prefer simple 1/4 wave
ground planes as simple emergency or temporary antennas.
IE: a 1/4 wave ground plane can be made with five pieces of wire
and an SO-239 connector. Or a telescoping whip that can extend that
far, and four pieces of stiff wire for radials, which would be bent
out at about 45 degrees.
I think the 1/4 wave ground plane will be a better decoupled antenna
vs the usual J-pole, assuming no other decoupling methods are applied.
Another advantage is no matching schemes are required.


You have a point Mark. I agree that a simple 1/4 wave groundplane is more
study and very easy to make using an so-239 and some piano wire. Steel wire
can be soldered right into the back, four bolts with nuts and four more
peaces of wire around 19" long with a bit of a downward bend and you have a
very good antenna.

Kevin, WB5RUE