Gee Rick. This guy doesn’t like them at all! :-)
Thank you for the enlightening read. 73 Dan KJ5IZK On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM Rick Hiller <[email protected]> wrote: > Have a look at……. > > Www.hamradio.me/antennas/slimjim-vs-traditional-j-pole-antenna.html > > Rick W5RH > > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM Daniel Poirot via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I have questions! Is there any Slim Jim experience out there??? >> >> I have built an assortment of 2 meter antennas - dipole, 1/4 wave ground >> plane, 3 element Yagi, J pole - they are all fabulous and work as expected. >> >> My two Slim Jim’s have let me down. I built one with 1/2” copper pipe and >> one from 450 Ohm ladder line. Both ended up with crazy SWR and impedance >> that is all over the place. >> >> I am using community accepted sites for calculators. >> >> I have every expectation that I have fouled them both!!! >> >> Thank you, >> 73 >> Dan KJ5IZK >> >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >
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