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echo: ham_tech
to: STAN BLACK
from: ROY WITT
date: 1997-09-29 08:17:00
subject: copper pipe j-pole

Hello Stan.
27 Sep 97 22:55, Stan Black wrote to All:
 SB> Hello!  I'm not sure who said it, but I have found copper pipe 1/2"
 SB> rigid to be very suitable for building a dual-band j-pole.  Very
 SB> simple to do and it has ears that hear lots of otherwise weak signals.
 SB> Sure is good to see the echo alive with discussion again!! :-)
 SB> I think I have an article on how you build the vertical out of coax.
 SB> Use a 1/4 wavelength of coax X velocity factor and you alternate the
 SB> connection of the center conductor and the shield.  Are we all
 SB> confused yet??  Basically, one time the shield is soldered to the
 SB> center conductor and the next section it is reversed. Lets figure out
 SB> this one!!
I just posted the first of an article to build a high-gain collinear in the 
HAM-ECHO echo...2nd installment in a few days...
... Avoid Computer Virus  -  Practice safe HEX!
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