hello.
ive been reading and watching youtube vids, and reading some more about dipoles. i plan on making one next week for a base station so i can talk to my friend down the road. and or get better healthy setup for a base station.
my question is about grounding.. the past antennas ive used i have had to drive a wire thin rod into the ground with a wire lead to the ground braid of the coaxial just so my SWR wouldn't pin high from no ground plain.
now i read about the dipoles and see you take the ground braid attach it to one "leg" of the antenna. and attach the center (hot) core for the other leg. then cut or fold it on its self till the proper leg length is achieved for that frequency, but where is the ground if the other leg has it? or what am i missing here.
thanks for any help. and i have been doing my own research and, i could probably build 20 different kinds of dipoles now, but i just don't understand were the ground is.. or if the lengths some how act like a ground?
ive been reading and watching youtube vids, and reading some more about dipoles. i plan on making one next week for a base station so i can talk to my friend down the road. and or get better healthy setup for a base station.
my question is about grounding.. the past antennas ive used i have had to drive a wire thin rod into the ground with a wire lead to the ground braid of the coaxial just so my SWR wouldn't pin high from no ground plain.
now i read about the dipoles and see you take the ground braid attach it to one "leg" of the antenna. and attach the center (hot) core for the other leg. then cut or fold it on its self till the proper leg length is achieved for that frequency, but where is the ground if the other leg has it? or what am i missing here.
thanks for any help. and i have been doing my own research and, i could probably build 20 different kinds of dipoles now, but i just don't understand were the ground is.. or if the lengths some how act like a ground?