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Mounting And Using My 2 Meter Antennas (Part 2)

Posted on 2015-01-21 (Wednesday) 17:44 by Kyle (W7KBX)

Note: This post will be about my three 2 meter slim jim antennas, two I built myself, one I purchased from N9TAX. My home brewed slim jim antennas have a slightly better SWR reading (nearly 1.1:1) than the N9TAX antenna … Continue reading →

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Mounting And Using My 2 Meter Antennas (Part 1)

Posted on 2014-09-12 (Friday) 21:08 by Kyle (W7KBX)

Not including my not-so spectacular rubber duck antennas, I have two antenna types I use for 2 meter operation: j-pole made from copper pipe, and slim jim made from 450 ohm ladder line. I have two j-pole (both from KB9VBR) … Continue reading →

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