By Harold Melton, KV5R, from The Athens ARC
A Popular Project
Lots of people are building this antenna! One fellow even improved upon it by making the elements out of aluminum - inside a 3/4" PVC pipe -- see QST August 06.
Antennas just cost way too much! You can build this one for well under $10. It's a:
cheap,
easy,
stealthy,
good performing,
no ground plane,
portable/mobile/marine/base,
fun project antenna!
This is an off-center-fed sleeve dipole, made of 1/2-inch CP...
