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11 MTR Mono Band Dipole CB Radio Antenna / Aerial 27.555 MHz
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John79 New Member
Call Sign : 26-CT-5099 Posts : 16 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2024-02-17 QTH or Location : Kettering, NN14 Equipment Used : President
Subject: 11 MTR Mono Band Dipole CB Radio Antenna / Aerial 27.555 MHz Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:06 pm
Has anyone used one of these dipole antenna's from ebay ? are they any good for the money?
thanks john.
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SangueG Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1331 Times Thanked : 86 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Subject: Re: 11 MTR Mono Band Dipole CB Radio Antenna / Aerial 27.555 MHz Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:42 pm
I have not, but can tell you it will work well enough. A centre fed dipole is a centre fed dipole. I use dipoles in fan arrangement.. they work for me.
Not sure I would say they are good value for money, I make mine for a fraction of the selling prices I see. But if you want a ready made one and have the cash spare then don't think you'll be disappointed.
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John79 New Member
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Subject: Re: 11 MTR Mono Band Dipole CB Radio Antenna / Aerial 27.555 MHz Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:58 pm
SangueG wrote:
I have not, but can tell you it will work well enough. A centre fed dipole is a centre fed dipole. I use dipoles in fan arrangement.. they work for me.
Not sure I would say they are good value for money, I make mine for a fraction of the selling prices I see. But if you want a ready made one and have the cash spare then don't think you'll be disappointed.
Cheer's mate, just getting back onto the airwaves myself, thing's have changed alot in 30 yrs lol, think this would be a cheap experiment to put up in loft or somehow put it up outside , less obvious to the neighbours .
madmax Contributor
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Subject: Re: 11 MTR Mono Band Dipole CB Radio Antenna / Aerial 27.555 MHz Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:15 pm
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Subject: Re: 11 MTR Mono Band Dipole CB Radio Antenna / Aerial 27.555 MHz Sun Feb 18, 2024 11:01 pm
A dipole is a dipole, and the easiest of antennas to make. However, as others have said, shortening one made of stainless wire if hou don’t have the crimp tools will be a pain, and lengthening it even more troublesome.
If it’s going in the loft, you don’t need stainless either. I run it outside on my OCF dipole to stop the bloody wild parrots picking it to pieces.
Personally, I’d buy the centre (or make one) off of ebay, and use cheap wires (speaker cables, mains lead,or anything else) and tune to your requirements after using a length calculator.
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John79 New Member
Call Sign : 26-CT-5099 Posts : 16 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2024-02-17 QTH or Location : Kettering, NN14 Equipment Used : President
Subject: Re: 11 MTR Mono Band Dipole CB Radio Antenna / Aerial 27.555 MHz Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:35 pm
Thanks for the reply guys ,will look into it about more
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