<div dir="ltr"><div>It was fun!<br><br></div><div>Now if I could just get some participants!!! ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>73</div><div>Dan KJ5IZK</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 3:38\u202fPM Eddie Runner via BVARC <<a href="mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org">bvarc@bvarc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
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On Monday, October 13, 2025 at 08:01:56 PM CDT, Daniel Poirot via BVARC <<a href="mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org" target="_blank">bvarc@bvarc.org</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="m_-3822759649033845448ydp74310693yiv0843041446"><div dir="ltr"><div>Howdy, y'all,</div><div><br></div><div>We had a great BVARC meeting last week. Nice ice cream social. Rick W5RH had a great slide show on antenna history and such. </div><div><br></div><div>I brought out my 1/4 wave ground plane, three 1/2 wave dipoles, a copper water pipe J pole, and a 450 Ohm roll up ladder line J pole. My 'big' antenna is the three element Yagi with a 3/4 J driven element. </div><div><br></div><div>I have attached a doc and slide show on building a 1/4 wave ground plane. I would really appreciate anyone who may be able to build from these publications. I am happy for any comments or constructive criticism! </div><div><br></div><div>My antenna deployment is a piece of rebar and a section of 1/2" PVC with the 1/4 wave on top. The feed line threads up the inside of the PVC pipe!</div><div><br></div><div>73</div><div>Dan KJ5IZK</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_199e472a96cf338cb991" alt="IMG_4203.JPEG" style="width: 173px; max-width: 800px;"><br><br></div></div>
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