Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!hoffmann@mit-marie From: hoffmann@mit-marie (Ron M. Hoffmann) Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: Chep 2m antenna Message-ID: <9037@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 09:51:51 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.9037 Posted: Thu Mar 7 09:51:51 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 07:08:34 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 15 Need a cheap and quick 2m groundplane antenna? Recently I needed such a thing and laziness and lack of time prevented me from 'doing it myself.' I took a walk to the local Radio Shack and purchased a 20-176 ($14.95) "All band base station monitor antenna." It just so happens that the elements are the correct length for 2m fm work and the antenna, at the end of 50 feet of good RG/8U coax shows an SWR of about 1.2 to 1. The elements are stainless and the hardware is of fair quality. The thing look like it could stand about 100 watts. Ron Hoffmann, WA2EYC/1 Hoffmann@MIT-Marie@MIT-MC