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I bought basically the same antenna the OP has and had it shipped from the Ebay seller in the factory box. I don't remember the shipping price being anything outrageous. The shipping is on the buyer and its calculated so the buyer sees it before bidding, so its up to them on paying for everything. Nothing will get the most profit out of something like this as Ebay.
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I'd disagree on ebay. Shipping has gone ridiculous, even on a direct UPS or other account. Cross country can easily be $10 per pound, and that's before they penalize it for being "dimensional", i.e. longer than a normal box. Craigslist, hamfest...nothing is perfect but properly boxed up and insured to post on ebay? I think that's going to hurt.

Doing the math, 5/8 is actually 0.625 around here. So it isn't a .64 wave antenna, but it is darn close, when you're using Arabic numbers for the measurement. FWIW.
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Rred said:
Doing the math, 5/8 is actually 0.625 around here. So it isn't a .64 wave antenna, but it is darn close, when you're using Arabic numbers for the measurement. FWIW.
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5/8 is an approximation for the actual electrical wavelength of the antenna, which is closer to 0.64, which is also an approximation (albeit a more accurate one).
 
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