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A 6m J-Pole Antenna using Ribbon Cable


A 6m J-Pole Antenna using Ribbon Cable

J-Pole antennas are ribbon cable antennas for the 2m band, or quite elaborate copper/aluminium tube versions for 6 metres

post 26 Sep 2024


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Portable Aerial based on the 'Slim Jim', 3/4 wave End Fed Vertical
Here's a cute aerial for portable operation. It's a modified Slim Jim end fed aerial made out of 300-ohm ribbon feeder cable

Realizzazione di una antenna J-POLE VHF UHF
In both VHF and UHF the SWR is about 1: 1 on the portion of band that interests me

Slim JIM 145mhz
The Slim Jim designed by the late Fred Judd G2BCX can be a great portable

A 6m J-Pole Antenna using Ribbon Cable
These antennas were quite popular at one time


23cm Yagi Antenna building

23cm Yagi Antenna building Finished antenna at 1275 MHz SWR under 1:1.5 at resonant frequency

50 MHz preamp Gain 26dB with the BFG135

50 MHz preamp Gain 26dB with the BFG135 Preamps for 144 and 430 MHz, for 50 MHz, the BFG135a is a cheap transistor and in my view rather strong. It is not easily damaged by static discharge or RF power. FG connection

30 Volt Computer Power Supply Stack

30 Volt Computer Power Supply Stack A bonus was that i discovered that these did not need a standby load connected to the supply to keep them running just apply mains power and close the Start lead to ground