Your 6-meter J-Pole will be about 18' long for the active portion, plus some length for mounting. It will probably end up being the same length as the Diamond.
The gain will be 2.6 dBi. A J-Pole is effectively a vertically-oriented dipole. John - WB4YJT ================================================================ --- In [email protected], "NORM KNAPP" <nkn...@...> wrote: > > Ok guys, > I need input. I just got the club mastr ii 6m repeater rebuilt and I am > thinking of replacing the antenna. Currently it is using a huge diamond > antenna that is about 22' feet tall! It is supposed to have 6db gain, but it > has taken a beating up on the top of the hospital where it has been for a > number of years. I have a db-201 I could replace it with, but I think I may > have a better idea... > What if I used a db-420 mast and a db-222 mast and use those to construct a J > pole.... This should be heavy duty enough, at dc ground and work better than > the db-201. > Any thoughts guys? > 73 > Norm >
