[BVARC] Build a 2 meter, quarter wave, ground plane antenna

[Daniel Poirot]

Howdy, y'all,

We had a great BVARC meeting last week. Nice ice cream social. Rick W5RH
had a great slide show on antenna history and such.

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.

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!

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!

73
Dan KJ5IZK

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