- Low Profile 2 Meter Slot Antenna Preamplifier
- Low Profile 2-meter Slot Antenna
- Low Profile 2 Meter Slot Antennas
A fellow blogger, Brick O'Lore, wrote me with a question that I don't have a good answer for. Ram slots speed racing. Would anyone care to weigh in on this?
Get high performance from a small package with this low-profile antenna made from copper pipe. Figure 1 - The 2-meter slot-cube antenna con- structed from ½-inch copper pipe and plumbing fittings. The two horizontal loops act as planes with the gap between the two vertical connecting elements forming the slot. Many RASON members truly enjoyed last month's collinear antenna. This month I decided to build a 2 meter 5/4 wave antenna. This antenna is unique in that it is enclosed entirely in 3/4' PVC which makes the design a little more complicated. The primary problem is that PVC tubing has a significant velocity factor which causes RF to slow down.
I'd like to add a 2M mobile rig in my wife's car. Sounds simple enough, but the trick is that I need something that is as small as possible and will have a really neat installation. I'd prefer to have a mobile rig that I can wire in (power and an antenna) and see the display (versus cobbling together something with an HT). A detachable faceplate/remote would be fine. Novoline casino paypal. I want 2M to hit the repeaters – any other bands or advanced features would be a bonus, but not required. The car is a 7 year-old Audi A4 and there is very little room in the footwells. It does have a neat feature – a drawer under each of the front seats. So what's small and installs such that it will score well on the WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) scale?
Low Profile 2 Meter Slot Antenna Preamplifier
Low Profile 2-meter Slot Antenna
Get high performance from a small package with this low-profile antenna made from copper pipe. Figure 1 - The 2-meter slot-cube antenna con- structed from ½-inch copper pipe and plumbing fittings. The two horizontal loops act as planes with the gap between the two vertical connecting elements forming the slot. Many RASON members truly enjoyed last month's collinear antenna. This month I decided to build a 2 meter 5/4 wave antenna. This antenna is unique in that it is enclosed entirely in 3/4' PVC which makes the design a little more complicated. The primary problem is that PVC tubing has a significant velocity factor which causes RF to slow down.
I'd like to add a 2M mobile rig in my wife's car. Sounds simple enough, but the trick is that I need something that is as small as possible and will have a really neat installation. I'd prefer to have a mobile rig that I can wire in (power and an antenna) and see the display (versus cobbling together something with an HT). A detachable faceplate/remote would be fine. Novoline casino paypal. I want 2M to hit the repeaters – any other bands or advanced features would be a bonus, but not required. The car is a 7 year-old Audi A4 and there is very little room in the footwells. It does have a neat feature – a drawer under each of the front seats. So what's small and installs such that it will score well on the WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) scale?
Low Profile 2 Meter Slot Antenna Preamplifier
Low Profile 2-meter Slot Antenna
Low Profile 2 Meter Slot Antennas
My suspicion is that there are a lot of good choices — and none are going to be particularly 'affordable.' If you have a photo of your creative radio installation that might help others, send it to me (editor at amateurradio dot com) and I'll attach it to this post. I think that would be especially helpful. If not, your insight and tips via comments are always very much appreciated!
