To see an example of a "simple", sturdy and surprisingly inexpensive design take a look at the Arrow dual band j-pole or ground plane... Would be easy to replicate but for the price would be easy to justify purchasing complete as well. I recall that they got good reviews on eham, for what that is worth... Josh KB3VQQ On May 12, 2014 1:12 PM, "Jonathan Guthrie via BVARC" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Depending on how handy you are, you can make one from readily available > materials. Single band antennas are easier to make than dual-band, but I > have a homebrew diplexer that seems to work well. Homebrewing VHF and UHF > antennas is something I do from time to time and I usually build center-fed > dipoles, which can be mounted vertically, but recently I built quadrafilar > helices for both 2m and 70cm and they do the job, too. > > On 5/10/2014 5:16 PM, via BVARC wrote: > > Hi all. I'm looking for a base station antenna for a 2 meters and 70 > centimeters radio. > > Any suggestions. > > Thank you R. Handley > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > >
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