Hello Ivy.
08 Oct 97 01:21, Ivy Iverson wrote to Roy Witt:
 RW>> I think you'll find that your J-pole isn't 6dBd gain, perhaps
 RW>> 6dBi. And it will never have the F/B ratio of a yagi.
 II>
 II> THis ine uses 5/8 elements, not 1/4 wave.  According to the
 II> article that I built it from, (73, June '95, PP 18 & 20), this
 II> is a true 6 dBD, not dBi.  I have no way to measure the gain of
 II> this antenna, but it sure does walk & talk with 4 W out of the
 II> HT and about 30 Ft. of RG-8! (Sorry for the Chickie-band slang.)
 Hmmm. Reminds me of an article on how to measure your antenna gain, that I 
saw just the other day...
 RW>> No, don't put anything there, unless it's non-conductive..
 II>
 II> Ok, I see your point.  Lessee, there are quite a few plastics,
 II> (PVC pipe, fer instance), that should be able to support the
 II> weight.
Uh huh...
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