do-it-yourself scanner antenna

[ampulman]

Has anyone built and are using the center-fed dipole described in the RR wiki (antennas)?

I want to build a 'multi-band' scanner antenna and am looking for comments regarding this antenna, e.g., gain, coverage/bandwidth, etc.

Also, would using larger copper tubing (pipe) result in greater bandwidth?

Thanks

The ampulman

 

[KD8CPI]

Check out this link...

http://radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41921

 

[tneff]

Built 2 of them , both work better than expected where I am at. Easy to build if you look at the pictures, the info given in the Wiki are dead on.