[Antennas] 2 meter antenna

Mon, 22 Jul 2002 18:34:20 -0500

Greetings,

I recall an article in one of the mags of an Aussie who used stacked
rhombics on 2 meters for EME. Can't remember which mag, those neurons have
died.

es 73 de Pete WA5JCI   EM21jv

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Wilder" <[email protected]>
To: "Chad~~KM5QF~~" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Antennas] 2 meter antenna

> 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.
>
>
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