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 a beam but it works.


--- In cbradio@yahoogroups.com, Michael & Cherrilynn Bisbano
<mjbiz@...> wrote:
>
> 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 <n2uhc@...>
> Date: 2007/11/29 Thu PM 12:32:08 CST
> To: cbradio@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [cbradio] 8'8" Dipole?
>
>
>
> --- chingaling3 <mjbiz@...> wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> 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 L=234/F formula, I get 8.602 feet at 27.200
> MHZ, which is close to the center of the CB band.
> Converting the tenths into inches gives about 7.2", or
> 8' 7 1/4", which is pretty close to 8' 8". Of course
> some trimming will probably be required to get a good
> VSWR, so it's OK to make it a little longer, and exact
> dimensions down to the 1/4" probably won't matter
> anyway.
>
> Tom Sevart N2UHC
> Frontenac, KS
> http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc
>
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