Since building a 6m coaxial dipole in January 2016 and later a 2m coaxial dipole in February 2018, I have often thought how a monoband half-wave vertical coaxial dipole would perform on 28 MHz. Summer is here in the southern hemisphere, therefore now is an excellent time to construct a 10m half-wave coaxial dipole for…
Yesterday I received an inquiry on how to construct a VHF Coaxial Dipole antenna (known in some circles as the Flowerpot Antenna) for a non-commercial, community two-way radio project operating at 160 MHz. How to work out the antenna dimensions for 160 MHz? Assumption: We know the wavelengths for 144 MHz and 160 MHz, 2.03m…
A homebrew 2m 144.2 MHz vertical 1/2 wave Coaxial Dipole antenna project for your home QTH, SOTA, portable field operations/WICEN exercises or the emergency 2m Go-box. Elsewhere in amateur radio circles this antenna is known as a 2m Flower Pot Antenna. Credits to VK2ZOI (SK). Post updated 5 May 2019, scroll to the bottom for…
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