[Antennas] Butternut Vertical

David W Sher [email protected]
Fri, 16 Aug 2002 23:15:03 -0500


I made it from a piece of 1/16" aluminum and a SO-239 feed-thru.

Dave          W9LYA
What wrought doG hath?

On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 23:06:02 -0500 "Ray Brown" <[email protected]> writes:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David W Sher" <[email protected]>
> 
> > Incidentaly, I don't like the way Butternut attaches the 75-ohm 
> coax
> > 20-meter transformer line to the antenna; center conductor to the 
> bottom
> > of the radiating section, braid to the base.  KI made up an 
> L-bracket
> > with an SO-239 on it and added a PL-259 to the coax.  This 
> eliminated a
> > lot of breakage from flexing.
> 
>     "KI" ??   My coax has broken 3 times in the past 3 years. Where 
> can I get this bracket??
> 
>   Thanks!
> 
>                 _Ray_        KB�STN
> 
> 
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