my antenna setup

[1979lee]

here is a pic of my antenna setup,on the left you have my vhflo band radio shack 102in cb antenna at 21 ft high ,fed by rg6 cable(23ft)
then a dipole for vhf high at 18ft high rg6 (20feet)
the mast is 1/2inch galvnized pipe and guy wired .

the right antenna is my rs 20-176 sputnick antenna at 22 ft high, rg6 again25ft
and last my homebrew (found on the internet) supposed to be j-pole antenna?
i have know idea what range its for (450-460)? fed be you guessed it rg6 (15 ft)
the mast is fence top rail that is bolted together (note top rail works very well for me and is inexpencive $8 for a 10 ft piece,

i really dont have a question, this setup works farily well, just thought id post a pic and get some feed back.

note the power lines are a lot farther away than they appear in the pic, about 40 feet

thanks for looking:wink:

 

[n5usr]

Seeing your setup reminds me - where did you get / what did you use for a guy ring? I haven't found anything local, and the online places I've checked apparently don't consider a guy ring significant enough to put in their catalogs...

Seeing the powerlines makes me grateful all over again that I somehow managed to get on the one block in my area that has underground utilities. I *almost* bought a house with power lines down two sides of the property!

 

[mfuller1950]

The J Pole is a dual band one manufactured by Arrow

 

[1979lee]

The J Pole is a dual band one manufactured by Arrow

sorry no it is not, i made it out of old cb antenna's and other junk tv antennas ,parts i had lying round ect,
better angle pics added

yeah the power lines practically kill my reception to the north

but all in all works ok,

i did have the rs20-176 up higher but the reception was worse, the same thing with the dipole

any ieads???

 

[1979lee]

i found this pic online arecently and made my own varyiation
have no idea of its range
suggestions on these ???

 

[n211cr]

That antenna there is the Arrow Dual band mentioned above, it is a dual band ham antenna so meant for 144 - 148 and 420 - 450. If yours is built to the same specs then it would receive the same.

http://www.arrowantennas.com/j-pole.html