[FoxHunt] Turnstile antennas for 2M

[bob]

Why did they decide on horizontal antennas? Verticals are so much easier 
to make, hide etc.

I will be building one and probably use it on an up coming mobile hunt. 
It will make for some very interesting reflections from the bottom of a 
canyon.

I notice that you crumpled the 90 degree phasing harness into a wad and 
stuffed it into the pipe. The outer conductor of the phasing harness has 
lots of RF on it and this isn't a good place to put it. Better to let it 
dangle with the coax. You could also dangle a 1/2 wave loop for a balun 
(although it doesn't have RF on the outside and could be crumpled up), 
removing most of the RF on the feed line.

Bob, WB6JPI

Jay Hennigan wrote:

>I've assembled a number of these recently.  Details here:
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>http://www.west.net/~jay/turnstile.html
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>Comments, criticism, flames, etc. welcome.
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