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i am thinking of putting a wire dipole for 2mt and 70cmt , i have seen people say 18 inches up and 18 inches down would this be about right ???
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1/2 wave dipole (feet) = 468 / frequency in MHz.
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468/145MHz = 3.227ft =38.7inches so aprox 19 5/8" inches each leg.

468/435MHz = 1.075ft 12 3/4 inches so 6 3/8" inches each leg of dipole.

You will have to trim it for exact match I wouldnt use thin wire though I would use say 10mm or 3/8" aluminium tube the thicker the tube the wider the bandwidth it covers and the shorter it will need to be trimmed for a good match.

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I recommend that solution:
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Thanks Chris ,i know this makes me look thick but can you please give me a little more details as to build this antenna , I do not understand the driven/sleeve elements ???
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I built this antenna from 1/4 inch copper brake pipe widely available.
2 plastic water pipe pieces to keep sleeve elements in proper distance.
You just drill 2 holes in plastic pipe and put copper elements through.
You connect coax to longer elements, hot to the top, braid to bottom. Do not forget to put some ferrite clamp-on cores on coax. We do not want it to be a part of antenna.
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The ¼ wave for 2m is a surprisingly good match for a ¾ wave on UHF - very simple to produce, and very cheap.

As for ch25's design - it is a ¼ wave for 2m, with two parasitic half waves for UHF - I'm not quite sure what the radiation pattern would be, but certainly not circular - not sure what it's advantages are - it doesn't appear to have too many advantages, and mounting it would be interesting?

why do you recommend it?
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Just quick modelling in Mmana.
145 MHz dipole will give 75 Ohm, j6 1.5 SWR. Low elevation.
Same dipole on 432MHz 78Ohm, j-52 2.5 SWR. 48 degrees elevation.
GP with 90 degrees radials is even worse.
It matters on RX too.
Antenna I suggested can be tuned both bands. Omni radiation.
How to build? It looks like that: http://sp-hm.pl/thread-2666.html
Also look at radiation pattern and Z and j
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