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Wildrat
Intermediate Member
Username: Wildrat
Post Number: 177
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 10:22 pm: | 
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(1)Do they make dipole antennas that cover the entire CB band?
(2) Is it a kit?
(3) Does Copper sell anything like this?
(4) Is 80' enough room to set one up?
(5) Would I need a PolyPhaser for a Dipole?
(6) If Copper does not sell a dipole kit is it OK for someone to tell me who does?
Thanks,
Wildrat |
Coyote
Intermediate Member
Username: Coyote
Post Number: 491
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 10:48 pm: |
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Wildrat, you can make one yourself. Do a google on "CB Dipole". There are several places to buy one, but you can make it yourself a lot cheaper. I just made one the other night that didn't cost me a dime using wire and left over coax I had lay'n around. You can even make one straight out of coax if you want. 80' is more than enough room for one.
CEF-443 |
Kid_vicious
Advanced Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 749
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 11:53 pm: |
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anyone looking to build a dipole for CB use should look into building a half-square antenna.
they are easy to build, and show a gain.
do a search here and on the net.
you'll like it!
matt |
Wildrat
Intermediate Member
Username: Wildrat
Post Number: 181
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 9:28 am: |
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Thanks Guys,
Wildrat |
Mikefromms
Advanced Member
Username: Mikefromms
Post Number: 801
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 2:07 pm: |
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Easy antenna to build. You can even use small electrical wire 18, 20, though 14 is stronger. I found that a distance of 8 ft. 6 in. from center insulator to insulator at tie off gave me a great swr reading below and above cb band for a ways. YOu can solder the shield to one side of the antenna and the center wire to the other. Coax works fine. Mine worked great over a concrete driveway vertically. I guess it was the the steal pipes or wire mesh under the concrete that created a counterpoise.
You can cut about 37 feet of wire and throw it up over a high limb and join the two loose wire with and insulator at the bottom and connect shield of coax to one side and center wire to the other side of insulator and you are in business. This give you gain. Of course, you could build a lightweight frame to hold your wire in a loop. But these simple antennas works. The loop will give you gain to the broadside of the loop and minumum transmit and receive at the sides. It is like a bi-directional single wire loop beam.
Wire antennas are fun to mess with and quick to built. In a few minutes one can build a portable antenna.
Happy cbing.
mikefromms |
Wildrat
Intermediate Member
Username: Wildrat
Post Number: 189
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 6:34 pm: |
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Hmmmm! |
