the "CO-POLE" by WV4R
(2nd Generation shown with RG8X Coaxial Choke BALUN)
This Easy weekend Hammy Radio project has "Guaranteed" Results!
The "CO-POLE" is a work in progress...
This Co-Linear monoband design is 3-Driven Quarter Waves & 1-Quarter Wave Shield Counterpoise.
Features/Benefits:
Cheap... Additional Quarter-Wave of wire, Quarter-Wave of coax & some solder.
Easy to make Without test equipment Assuming you already have a Tuned/Resonant dipole up and working.
Small Size for Gain for real estate challenged installs.
Multi Install Possibilities: Flat-Top - Vertical - Sloper - 'L' - Inverted 'V' -'BENT'
So far this 'MonoBand Wire' emperically exhibits Multi-Lobes with as much as an S-Unit over my reference dipole.
The ole MFJ-259B shows 100-Ohm impedence at resonance, confirmed by 1.7 SWR into 50-Ohm coax.
The Legend Continues with COPOLE 'Generation-3' using DX-Engineering 2:1 BALUN!
Construction Notes: