Alright, this is almost the last one for now, I promise. I needed something to get better reception on my little handheld Wouxun HT, but didn't feel like spending $25 or so for one from the local ham store (referred to by other hams as the Candy Store). My solution was to build a roll-up j-pole antenna out of left-over twinlead from my dipole. Again, before I was not able to use my HT from home as the repeater is clear across town from where I live, and 5W wasn't going to cut it with the little rubber-duck that came with the HT.
My Parts List:
- 6' of 300-Ohm twinlead
- 10' of RG-58 coax with a PL-259
- 1 PL-259 to Reverse-SMA adapter (had to buy this one, too much of a pain to make it)
Time to Completion:
Here is a pic:
So admittedly I need a better pic of this one. I'll work on that...
73,
Richard, KK4JDO
