<div dir="auto">Ah. I get it. What you need is TWO J-poles. LOL!!! \U0001f923</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 1, 2025, 13:16 Tim - K1DC &lt;<a href="mailto:k1dc.radio@gmail.com">k1dc.radio@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>

  
    
  
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    <p><font size="4" face="Verdana">Yup, have done this.  It was my
        first antenna build a few year back.  I&#39;m looking for something
        dual-band and with a bit of gain.</font></p>
    <p><font size="4" face="Verdana">Great suggestion though!</font></p>
    <p><font size="4" face="Verdana">T.</font></p>
    <div>On 9/1/2025 11:34, Juan Jiménez wrote:<br>
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        <div>Ummm... a simple J-pole is a lot less expensive and does a
          fine job. \U0001f914</div>
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        <div>You can even build one yourself in less than an hour. All
          you need is copper pipe, a few copper accessories, solder, a
          propane torch and a farm tractor to mount it on when you take
          it to the field to test. \U0001f923\U0001f923\U0001f923\U0001f923 Mine sits on my roof on a
          tripod.</div>
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              <div>73,
                <div>K1CPR</div>
                <div>Juan</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at
          10:42\u202fAM Tim - K1DC via bars &lt;<a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bars@w1hh.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
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            <p><font size="4" face="Verdana">Greetings,</font></p>
            <p><font size="4" face="Verdana">I&#39;m in the market for a
                2m/70cm base vertical, like the Diamond X200A.  Ping me
                if you have one that is is extraneous to your current
                needs.</font></p>
            <p><font size="4" face="Verdana">73,</font></p>
            <p><font size="4" face="Verdana">Tim/K1DC</font></p>
            <p><font size="4" face="Verdana">P.S.  Yes, Doug -- this is
                in anticipation of volunteering for net control duties
                at some point.  And no, a cookie sheet will not suffice.
                ;-)</font></p>
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              <p style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10px">Courageously
                sent from a non-Apple device that <em>includes</em> a
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                      <p>&quot;Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and
                        stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate
                        and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond
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        sent from a non-Apple device that <em>includes</em> a headphone
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                humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant;
                together they are powerful beyond imagination.&quot; -- <i>Albert
                  Einstein</i></p>
              <p style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10px">Warning:
                Spelling errors in this message are the product of a
                poor school system. Pay teachures more than athletes.<br>
                This email is intended for the use of the individual
                addressee(s) named above and may contain information
                that is confidential privileged or unsuitable for overly
                sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of
                humor or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not
                the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution
                or copying of this email is not authorized (either
                explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an irritating
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