[BVARC] simple 1/2 wave and 5/8 wave coaxial verticals
Gary Sitton
gasitton at comcast.net
Sun Dec 3 10:40:46 CST 2023
Regarding recent conversations on 5/8 wave vertical antennas:
https://vk2zoi.com/flower-pots/
Open this website with a browser and open one of the articles
on "Double 5/8 Flower Pot" verticals. This 5/8 wave vertical dipole
may be constructed using some RG-59 coax and a bit of soldering.
The antenna uses the coax itself to form 1/4 wave sleeve transformers
to convert the dipole's 100 ohm feed point to 50 ohms. The coil of
RG-59 is used to choke off the sneak RF path on the outer portion of
the coax. It takes a bit of thought to understand this system but it
actually works well. The entire antenna should be covered using a
1" section of PVC as shown else the SWR will rise when it gets wet.
I have implemented the simpler 1/2 wave "Flower Pot" vertical using
RG-8X coax for my 2 mtr. base station antenna. I currently use a QRO
1/2 wave vertical dipole on 20 mtrs. using the same principle.
73,
Gary Sitton, K5AMH
gasitton at comcast.net
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