DIY 2meter Radio Antenna
205 words | Posted on April 2nd, 2009
Scott was 23.52 years old when he wrote this!
Filed under: General, Radio
I was poking around my digital camera’s SD card this morning and I stumbled upon a video I made a few weeks ago showing a little comparison between a rubber duck and a homemade 2m jpole antenna. Let me make a few things clear. When I built the jpole, I had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what I was doing. I’m not an antenna expert, I’m not a radio expert, I just get bored sometimes. The antenna has not been properly tuned. Yet, it works leagues better than my standard antennas. Even though its resonance properties leave much to be desired (untuned, remember?) I think its success has to do with its location. It’s on the balcony of my apartment, 3 stories in the air, and facing across Orlando (where most of the 2-meter repeaters are). The video itself isn’t that significant, but I wanted to post it so it doesn’t get forgotten.
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2 Responses to “DIY 2meter Radio Antenna”
| kyle wrote the following at 08:37:36 AM on April 2nd, 2009 |
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I especially like the nice background noise you added…your wife was like “who in the heck are you talking to you?”…it made me laugh thinking about it… |
| Tom wrote the following at 01:49:11 PM on April 8th, 2009 |
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A+++ on production quality. Would watch again. |