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    I built an an easy CB band J pole antenna with wire & ladderline

    I just successfully built an 11 meter j-pole with a long piece of 14 gauge insulated wire, an 8 foot piece of RG-58 coax, a small piece of PVC pipe with a whole drilled in each end as an end insulator, and a section of 450 ladder line. I found a PDF on the Internet with the details for making a...
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    Avanti Moonraker 4 versus Maco Shooting Star 4

    Is there much difference between the discontinued Avanti Moonraker 4 and the similarly designed Maco Shooting Star? I imaging they perform about the same, but what about build quality? Thanks, Night Ranger
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    A six element curtain array for the CB band

    I do not have the full registered version of EZNEC, so I cannot allocate enough segments to accurately predict the gain. My best guess is the antenna gain is somewhere between 7.5 dbd to 8.5+ dbd over a halfwave dipole over perfect ground. If someone here has the full registered version of...
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    A six element curtain array for the CB band

    It does a complete rotation every 24 hours. Unfortunately the receiving station turns with it. : )
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    A six element curtain array for the CB band

    Hi, I just wanted to share my rather unusual homemade CB antenna. It covers 10 MHz to 29 Mhz, but I designed and built it with the CB band in mind. It is a six element curtain array like the shortwave broadcasters use. I could have gone the traditional yagi or quad route, but I wanted to...
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