[Lowfer] Makeshift lowFER receiving antenna

[Zack Widup]

One method I use sometimes is to take an Exacto knife and cut parallel
grooves in a piece of pc board at 0.2 or 0.25 inch spacing, then do the same
at right angles so I have a lot of square pads cut in the board. I sometimes
use double-sided board and drill holes thru some of the pads to ground them
to the ground plane side. This method works very well.
73, Zack W9SZ


On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Charlie , W5COV <cvest at cox.net> wrote:

> Lee , I use "ugly construction" on mine . I am afraid of using glue , since
> with the extremely limited use of my hands I don't want to go through life
> with one permanently attached to my fingers . <grin>
>
>  I'll try to get a picture of the one that I am working on right now ,
> posted to the photo section on the part15 group in just a little while .
> Mine also uses a J-310 .
>
> I use a short CB whip with mine .
>
> I also have a lot of RG-6 so that is what I use also .
>
> Lyle did the original design of the Jackson Harbor Press , kit and I have
> built several of them from scratch and given them away to friends . I too
> used one for a while and for the price they do a decent job , but you can
> easily home brew that also .
>
> However like Jim said with the active antenna and an FT-857D and an
> FT-897D , that I have access to in our EOC , they do a FANTASTIC job !!
>
> Charlie , W5COV
>
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