[Antennas] CB vertical GP to Ham use

Fri Mar 2 18:31:24 EST 2018

Ok
End fed 1/2 wave.
Leave the radials as they are. don't touch them.
Just shorten the vertical part a little say 6" by telescoping.
Take a SWR reading.  shorten ^' More take another reading, did it get 
better or worse.?
Adjust as needed, it will end up somewhere near a little over 16 feet still.
Joe WB9SBD
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On 3/2/2018 4:41 PM, Larry wrote:
> The vertical portion of this thing is a little over 16Ft and the 
> radials are 8 ft in length.  Doesn't look like there is much extra to 
> work with on those 3 items.
>> To shorten the vertical portion down to 1/4 length of 8.153 ft would 
> be a challenge due to the telescoping nature of the 4 ft sections used 
> to make up the entire vertical length, which has a 3 wire top hat on 
> the end of it.  I can more than likely make a 1/2 wave vertical 
> section which would be 17 ft 2 inchs for 10 FM without any problem.  
> I'd like to go to 5/8 wave for 10 FM which would be 20.61 ft but that 
> would take about 3 more ft of tubing which i don't have and could be 
> difficult to come up with due to the telescoping nature of the 
> existing stuff, swagged end and all.
>> guess i'll put it together and see how far each way it will go.
>> Larry
>> W0OGH
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