ANyoen ever make a "slim Jim" antenna?
 

Do they work very well for a base antenna?

I have one running perfectly on APRS for over 6 months.

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Do they work very well for a base antenna?

Do they work very well for a base antenna?
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It all depends on your type of use .
The 'Slim Jim' is a simple good omni-directional (base)antenna for local
comms ,either simplex or via repeater or for local datacomms like Packet
Radio and APRS.
The antenna can be easily home-brewed.

Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:25:06 -0800, stryped wrote:

Do they work very well for a base antenna?

Yes they do. But if you want a much better, very inexpensive and easy to
build base antenna ($10) try out this 2M colinear design:

http://home.comcast.net/~buck0/5-8thx2j.htm

I have built this for about $12 canadian and it is excellent!

Larry VE7EA
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DOes this antenna have gain? WIll high winds mess uo the tuning section
or other part of the antenna?

I am a nebie. What is aprs? Did you make the antenna? How far away from
the mast did you place it. I read they have to be at least 20 inches
away from anything metal.

I wonder why I am forming the impression that "stryped" is a troll?

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I am a nebie. What is aprs? Did you make the antenna? How far away from
the mast did you place it. I read they have to be at least 20 inches
away from anything metal.

Airy R.Bean wrote:
I wonder why I am forming the impression that "stryped" is a troll?

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I am a nebie. What is aprs? Did you make the antenna? How far away
from
the mast did you place it. I read they have to be at least 20
inches
away from anything metal.


I am not a troll I just ask alot of questions.

I printed off that copy of the 5/8 wave. It looks interesting but I am
having trouble undertanding its construction.

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:37:40 -0800, stryped wrote:

DOes this antenna have gain? WIll high winds mess uo the tuning section or
other part of the antenna?

It is a stacked colinear antenna so has about 6.2dB of gain. Very
impressive. I have it on the roof of my house. We live 150metres from Juan
de Fuca Strait and often catch some very strong SW winds head on. The
antenna is still up and the tuning section hasn't moved!

Larry VE7EA

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Larry Gagnon wrote:
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:37:40 -0800, stryped wrote:

DOes this antenna have gain? WIll high winds mess uo the tuning
section or
other part of the antenna?

It is a stacked colinear antenna so has about 6.2dB of gain. Very
impressive. I have it on the roof of my house. We live 150metres from
Juan
de Fuca Strait and often catch some very strong SW winds head on. The
antenna is still up and the tuning section hasn't moved!

Larry VE7EA

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I am having a little troubel understanding how to construct it. Can you
explain it to me? I am confused about the tuning section and how the
thing generally goes togther.