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Recent content by Maverick233

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    how effective is a j pole antenna on 11 meters ?

    I built a j-pole antenna for 11m band recently and BB is right it performs just like a 1/2 vertical.
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    how effective is a j pole antenna on 11 meters ?

    Marconi, The 11m J-pole is a very good antenna if mounted very high above ground. Alot of amateur radio operator's put 2m versions on top of their tower's with some being up 75' or more. The one I built is 25'.3" which is probably to short or it's interacting with the fiberglass pole it's...
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    how effective is a j pole antenna on 11 meters ?

    Kristen 1 I hand-built a 11m J-pole Wire Antenna which came out to 25'.3" but wasn't able to get my swr down pass 1.5 so when I get a chance I'm going to add 2' which will bring it to 27'.3" just like yours. My J-pole Vertical Antenna is being made out of wire & 300ohm twin-lead. Hopefully I...