Alan, Why do you prefer the SlimJim over the J-Pole?
LB Cebik did an in depth comparison of the two antennas and found the J-Pole to be slightly better in performance. Recently, our club had a J-Pole antenna building party and it was difficult to get them tuned up where we wanted them using TV twinlead. My best success with homebrew verticals has been when I used 450 ohm slotted line, but I have never tried building the SlimJim's. Maybe they are easier to match? 73, Rick, KV9U Alan Wilson wrote: > You can build 2m slimjim out of 450 ladderline for less than 5 > bucks...Look on http://www.hamuniverse.com, I've built several and > they are very easy to construct, easier and better than the > jpole...73, Alan
