[Antennas] 2 meter antenna

[Charles Greene]

Sean,

The gain would be along the axis of antenna.  If you make the axis 
vertical, the gain would be vertical, up and down.  Ok for a satellite, 
overhead.  Check the ARRL Handbook, or ARRL Antenna Handbook for the gain 
pattern of a long wire.


At 02:19 AM 7/23/2002 +0000, wd8okn@juno.com 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?


73, Chas, W1CG
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