Yes - Kirt had one from welders tig filler. I am working on redoing it too. 3D printer to the rescue. Also making it with threaded rod too. Could not find non flux rod.
To all- I am having Eddie Runner build a section for " Homebrew Ideas" (can not find a catching name - suggestions welcome) so people can email him a PDF with documentation and have it to reference Thank you ALL that made the night fun. Also, maybe kirt could attach the document he had and let us have a copy. Richard Bonica C: 281.935.7222 Email: [email protected] Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile Territory: NE Fort Bend CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra Ameture Radio On Sun, Dec 14, 2025, 2:56 PM Daniel Poirot via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > So sorry I missed home brew night. It's going to be a favorite of mine for > sure. > > During last week's Stir Crazy net, esteemed member Maurice brought up a J > Pole design that was circulating at the meeting, > > Using the calculator at > https://m0ukd.com/calculators/slim-jim-and-j-pole-calculator/ we can find > the starting lengths of material. 2 meters will be just about right... > > My 1/2" copper water pipe J Pole was 'expensive' as it used up a full 10 > foot stick of water pipe, a tee, and an elbow. Soldering with a torch was > necessary to make good joints. Messy. > > The 450 Ohm roll-up J Pole was trouble because the ladder line factory is > offline and the material is getting hard to come by! I have some, but its a > little hard to work with... > > I found 25 feet of 3/16" copper clad brake line on Amazon for $10. 3/16" > is huge compared to the size of the wire. It's soft and very easy to work > with. > > https://www.amazon.com/Tnisesm-Upgrade-Flexible-hydraulic-Transmission/dp/B0C6KHVCFB/ > > This material straightens out easily and then may be bent into the desired > J Pole shape! > > 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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