[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Project for J-Pole Antenna Construction

[N4CWP at aol.com]

Club Membership Project 
Several of the club members have expressed a need for  antennas that 
provide some gain to be used on hand-helds (2mtr) for accessing  the repeater for 
nets, etc.. 
One antenna that works well and is easy to build is the  J-Pole made from a 
¾ wave piece of TV Twin lead, connected to a length of 50ohm  coax.  We 
thought this might be a  good time to teach some soldering and construction 
techniques. 
The question that has delayed getting this off the ground  is if we have 
the individuals solder their own antennas, where can we do  this.  The meeting 
room would not be  a desirable place for the smells and potential damage 
done to the  tables/floor.  So an alternative  that looks promising is to do 
this at the Fall Newbees on the air session.  This will be in a park and no 
problem  with smells, burning holes in tables, etc. 
Before we move further on this, I would like to get a  head count on how 
many antenna we may want to make.  So, please give me a reply for who wants  
to try making an antenna.  We can  cut them for whatever band(s) you want to 
try. 
Harry/N4CWP 
n4cwp at aol.com