[TowerTalk] 10m question

[Robert Chudek]

Merlin,

You idea should work just fine, although 205" is a tad too long for 28 MHz. You might
need to trim a few inches from each whip to get the resonance up into the band where
you want it. For example, at 28.300 MHz each whip would be about 99" long (in theory).

This would be a fun project to start you on your way to an antenna construction career!

73 de Bob - K0RC


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> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:45:30 -0500
> From: "Merlin-7 KI4ILB" <merlin-7 at sc.rr.com>
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> is there any reason why you could not use 2- 102" CB whip antennas for
> a 10M dipole? Connect the shield of the coax to one and the center of the
> coax to the other one using a homemade bracket out of something non 
> conductive to bolt the 2 whip antennas to,at 180 degrees from each other...
> like this <---------  ---------->
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> 
>  NOTE most cb whip antennas are 102 inches but by the time you add the
> mounting hardware the antenna really measures 102.5 inches.
> 
> Just an idea...
> 
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