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I've recently gotten back into CB/SSB'ing. Things have changed for sure.
My topic is dipole antennas for CB. Back in the 1960's, when I was a
kid, we all had radios and were very much into building longwire and
dipole antennas. I distinctly remember that the recomended length for
a CB dipole was 8 feet 8 inches on both sides, with one side connected
to the center wire of the coax and the other side connected to the
shield.
However, nowadays I can't find anything on the internet to support
those demensions. I did recently construct just such a dipole, as
described above and it works really well.
Any comments? Has anybody ever heard of the 8'8" dipole?

Mike Bisbano
Hampton, New Hampshire, USA 03842
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Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:55 pm

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I've recently gotten back into CB/SSB'ing. Things have changed for sure. My topic is dipole antennas for CB. Back in the 1960's, when I was a kid, we all had...
chingaling3
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Nov 29, 2007
4:56 pm

... I have a page about how to construct a rigid 10m dipole which would work OK for CB as well. http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc_2/10m_dipole.html Using the...
Tom Sevart
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Nov 29, 2007
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i have necer herd of it it was probley be fore my time ... Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. [Non-text portions of...
david houston
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Nov 29, 2007
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Try Looking up " Homemade CB Antennas" ... From: chingaling3 <mjbiz@...> To: cbradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:55:54 AM ...
DANIEL J KINSMAN
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Nov 29, 2007
11:43 pm

That's precisley what I mean, I've searched all over the various search engines and found a lot of awesome information on home brew antennas, but those...
chingaling3
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Nov 30, 2007
1:46 pm

Thanks Tom, excellent instructions and diagram. I think I'm going to give it a shot, before the snow sets in for the winter. Mike From: Tom Sevart...
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chingaling3
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Nov 30, 2007
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Search for dipole calculator...the measurements will get you close. Dipoles work good ..Kinda nice to have horizontal to complement the vertical not as good as...
Testum Lika Bot
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Dec 4, 2007
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Ok, I did the calcs on the 8' 8" diapole and that thing will center at 27.02mhz, very close to channel 2. Usually the idea is to center your antenna in the...
Raymond Fink
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Dec 7, 2007
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Hey, thanks Ray, I guess I was close anyway. Mike From: Raymond Fink <justafink@...> Date: 2007/12/07 Fri AM 11:05:42 CST To: cbradio@yahoogroups.com...
Michael & Cherrilynn ...
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