j pole or slim jim?
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j pole or slim jim?
i am thinking of making a j pole for the ameture band 145 mhz frequencie.....but would like to know what the difirence is beetween the j pole and the slim jim for[ rx only ] would like to get some feed back from you lads...
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Re: j pole or slim jim?
virtually no difference, they are basically the same thing although some folk ascribe magical properties to slimjim.
j-pole is simpler to build and imho more durable.
j-pole is simpler to build and imho more durable.
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"An antenna with a poor ground using few radials cannot have a support mast grounded to the radial common point (at least it shouldn't if designed properly) There is no exception to this!
"An antenna with a poor ground using few radials cannot have a support mast grounded to the radial common point (at least it shouldn't if designed properly) There is no exception to this!