Building an easy copper tape and PVC vertical antennas with John Portune, W6NBC

John Portune, W6NBC, shows how to build an easy, cheap, and effective vertical #antenna using a self-adhesive metal tape and a PVC pipe. The original design targeted 2m band, but since then has been extended to lower bands. Make sure to watch the Q&A session (linked below) for more details.

Q&A session:    • Building an easy copper tape and PVC ...  

00:00 Introduction
01:27 The challenge: write a QST article about a simple antenna
04:18 How does the antenna work?
05:52 Efficiency of a small antenna
08:18 What is Radiation Resistance?
11:54 Copper tape antenna v.s. J-Pole
14:26 Construction of the antenna
16:11 Tuning and matching
29:41 Other bands
30:00 G4HCC 4m antenna
31:24 "Snoopy" antenna
34:49 Antennas for HF bands


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