[Antennas] Dipole from Mobile whips

Tue, 21 Jan 2003 04:12:15 +0000

> . . .  However, I have successfully used the
> ProAm-Valor whips to make a dandy 17 meter dipole.  I selected them over
> hamsticks because they were a foot longer, each (8 feet VS 7 feet); which I
> assumed would make them slightly more efficient.


   Another advantage of the ProAm-Valor brand is: when you break them
in half by unscrewing the top from the bottom halves, and restore them,
they stay adjusted as they were when you first set them for frequency
with out marking them.
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