Sounds good. Maybe a page for links? Heard of people using brazing rods for antennas. I need to find a j-pole or folded J-Pole for 2M/70cm. The copper pipe one I built is 1.01 on 2M but 70cm is 3 a 3.4. May build a 14/12GA wire one next.
Don-KJ5MVN Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of Richard Bonica via BVARC <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2025 7:13:40 AM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> Cc: Richard Bonica <[email protected]>; Daniel Poirot <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Home brew night... 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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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