I have a 10M vertical made of 1/2" copper water pipe with a
ground plane of aluminum window screen. It works reasonably
well. One piece of advice is to sweat or otherwise ensure good
contact in all joints that should be connected in the antenna.
Ask me how I know. :-)
73 Bill AE6JV
On 7/13/16 at 12:39 AM, [email protected] (Edward R Cole) wrote:
Probably better if you can find some 1/2-inch aluminum tubing
(my local metal dealer would have to order that so I used
ordinary conduit).
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