FPR1981
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I've kicked around the idea of buying the Deluxe 11 meter dipole with the balun, good wire and insulators for 49 bucks just to compare performance to my own builds.
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Is it likely my SWR meter is wrong? Opinions
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I've kicked around the idea of buying the Deluxe 11 meter dipole with the balun, good wire and insulators for 49 bucks just to compare performance to my own builds.
You put the research and effort into it and came up with the solution.
Good job
Good job
FPR1981
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Thank you. It required starting from scratch and re-tracing steps based on what the science said, but I put in the work and made it happen. It took a total of three installations to get it right, and I went through a lot of zip ties in the process, but I got it.
I forgot my roll of 12 gauge wire in town so I had to improvise. I had dual 18 gauge speaker wire, and that's what got used. As soon as the weather is better, I'm going to re-make it again with better wire.
Speaker wire works, though, and decently well.
I'm also heading to lowes to buy a PVC pipe and caps so that I can build a balun. My research suggests that I can do it with 18 to 21 feet of coax wound around the pipe. That'll be my next project. I will be curious to see if a balun improves antenna performance in a way that I can distinguish.
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FWIW, I buy zip-ties 1,000 at a time.
Those last about a year.
Those last about a year.
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