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 dimensions never come up. No problem though,
because the one I just built suits me fine for now, until I get a
commercially built antenna.

Mike

--- In cbradio@yahoogroups.com, DANIEL J KINSMAN
<daniel_j_kinsman@...> wrote:
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> Try Looking up " Homemade CB Antennas"
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: chingaling3 <mjbiz@...>
> To: cbradio@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:55:54 AM
> Subject: [cbradio] 8'8" Dipole?
>
> 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
> mjbiz@verizon. net
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