[Antennas] 2 meter antenna

[Bob Wilder]

At 09:57 PM 7/22/2002, Chad~~KM5QF~~ wrote:




> > Here is one of those dumb questions...
> >
> > Let's say I make a vertical long wire for 2 meters?  I attach the braid of
>the coax to a 1/4 wave vertical facing down and attach the center conductor
>to a vertical long wire perhaps, let's say, 40 feet long (or high) to the
>top of a tree.  Has anyone tried it?  It could be several wave lengths
>long...   If I can match it to the 2 meter rig, and provide some decent
>height, would it work?  What kind of gain would I realize?
>
>
>Gain the knowledge that youve wasted a lot of time and effort.
>
>"long wires" do not express the same characteristics at vhf that they do at
>hf.
>


Something I tried many (40-45) years ago was building a rhombic for 
2-meters with 2 wavelengths on each of the 4 legs in both the terminated 
and non-terminated format.  It worked great back in the days when AM was 
king on 2 meters. 2 wavelengths on 2 meters is about six feet.


Bob Wilder, AF2HD/AFA2HD
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