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My VHF Tape Dipole Antenna Build.
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Greek Man
This is the build of a VHF dipole made from a tape measure. But with interesting details and some room ffor improvement.
Hope you will find it inspiring. https://survivalcomms.wordpress.com/2022/01/08/hamsmithing-building-a-vhf-tape-dipole-antenna/ Check out my blogs! http://greekpreparedness.blogspot.com/ https://survivalcomms.wordpress.com/
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Gokhan Kaya
Well done! Good, clear instructions and portable. Thanks you for sharing it with us. Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. website @ http://www.hristiyan.org Callsign: VA6GOK Sent from ProtonMail for iOS
On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 1:32 AM, Greek Man via groups.io <greekpreparedness@...> wrote:
This is the build of a VHF dipole made from a tape measure. But with interesting details and some room ffor improvement.
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Nice. I'd be interested to see a real world comparison against the HT rubber duck. Seems that's never done with VHF.
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Nice write up. I had not thought about making a dipole like this. I made one of the yagi with a tape measure that worked well for
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direction finding, and if you hit a tree, it would bend and pop back. This would be great for surviving the tough world of survival.
On 1/8/2022 2:32 AM, Greek Man via groups.io wrote:
This is the build of a VHF dipole made from a tape measure. But with interesting details and some room ffor improvement.
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Greek Man
easy....with a 40cm long rubber duck I can hit a repeater 50miles away, and may have a legible input, or I may not. With anything else it is a clear communication Check out my blogs! http://greekpreparedness.blogspot.com/ https://survivalcomms.wordpress.com/ Στις Σάββατο, 8 Ιανουαρίου 2022, 05:18:26 μ.μ. EET, ο χρήστης Jim, K7JLJ <jim@...> έγραψε: Nice. I'd be interested to see a real world comparison against the HT rubber duck. Seems that's never done with VHF.
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Greek Man
wait till I finalize the dimensions of my RG174 Banana/T2LT antenna....More pocketable that a Jpole! Check out my blogs! http://greekpreparedness.blogspot.com/ https://survivalcomms.wordpress.com/ Στις Σάββατο, 8 Ιανουαρίου 2022, 06:59:37 μ.μ. EET, ο χρήστης Don Clark <kb5kwv@...> έγραψε: Nice write up. I had not thought about making a dipole like this. I made one of the yagi with a tape measure that worked well for direction finding, and if you hit a tree, it would bend and pop back. This would be great for surviving the tough world of survival.
On 1/8/2022 2:32 AM, Greek Man via groups.io wrote:
> This is the build of a VHF dipole made from a tape measure. But with interesting details and some room ffor improvement. > Hope you will find it inspiring. > > https://survivalcomms.wordpress.com/2022/01/08/hamsmithing-building-a-vhf-tape-dipole-antenna/ > > Check out my blogs! > http://greekpreparedness.blogspot.com/ > https://survivalcomms.wordpress.com/ > > > > >
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