I decided to try my hand at building a dipole for 11 meter use.
I used two pieces of 16 gauge insulated copper wire, 9 feet long each.
I used a nylon insulator to separate the two wires from touching. I also used nylon insulators on each end of the wires, so I could secure the wires up without them touching anything.
I then soldered on a SO239 connector and used an 18 ft piece of good RG8X coax to connect dipole to radio.
I then hooked up my SWR meter inline between the dipole and the radio. (I don't have an antenna analyzer). My SWR's are over 3.
I'm not real sure where to start to fix this, but below are some pics so you can see how I mounted it. The red wire is the center feed and the green is the ground. The insulator for the red was stuck on the end of a metal pole using a zip tie and the green's insulator was secured to the back porch wooden support using a piece of 18 gauge wire that was not affiliated with the ground wire.
Please advise how I can fix this.
Thanks in advance.
I used two pieces of 16 gauge insulated copper wire, 9 feet long each.
I used a nylon insulator to separate the two wires from touching. I also used nylon insulators on each end of the wires, so I could secure the wires up without them touching anything.
I then soldered on a SO239 connector and used an 18 ft piece of good RG8X coax to connect dipole to radio.
I then hooked up my SWR meter inline between the dipole and the radio. (I don't have an antenna analyzer). My SWR's are over 3.
I'm not real sure where to start to fix this, but below are some pics so you can see how I mounted it. The red wire is the center feed and the green is the ground. The insulator for the red was stuck on the end of a metal pole using a zip tie and the green's insulator was secured to the back porch wooden support using a piece of 18 gauge wire that was not affiliated with the ground wire.
Please advise how I can fix this.
Thanks in advance.