Made a wire inverted V dipole last year that worked well out of 12ga. stranded, insulated wire with a 1:1 balun between the two legs. Bought the 500 watt rated balun from Amazon. It makes the dipole connection to the coax really simple.
This year I thought I'd try making one with two 102" steel whips and another 1:1 balun from Amazon. Ended up with a really good working dipole.
Used the steel whips with a 1" stud mount on each one fastened to a 3" pvc connector collar with two 3" wires connecting to the balun.
SWR shows to be less than 1.1:1 across the 11 meter band.
The 102" whip plus the 1" long mounting stud and the 3" connecting wires made each leg exactly 106" long.
Have it hanging 30' up in an oak tree with a length of fishing spider wire attached to one end of one leg so I can orient it in the direction I want.
This year I thought I'd try making one with two 102" steel whips and another 1:1 balun from Amazon. Ended up with a really good working dipole.
Used the steel whips with a 1" stud mount on each one fastened to a 3" pvc connector collar with two 3" wires connecting to the balun.
SWR shows to be less than 1.1:1 across the 11 meter band.
The 102" whip plus the 1" long mounting stud and the 3" connecting wires made each leg exactly 106" long.
Have it hanging 30' up in an oak tree with a length of fishing spider wire attached to one end of one leg so I can orient it in the direction I want.
