For some reason the other day, I started thinking about slinky dipoles. I am partial to 40 meters, even though I spent most of my operating time on 15 and 20 (when 20 was working, alas).
So, I am working on building a slinky dipole. Original metal slinkys (slinkies?) are available at Wal-Mart, I paid $1.94 each for them. I picked up a 3/4-inch PVC Tee fitting and 2 half-inch plugs which are snug fit into the tee, and some 3/16-inch eye bolts at Home Depot for about $3.75. The single most expensive piece was a BNC bulkhead jack from Radio Shack for $2.99. I also bought the BNC to UHF adapter for $5.99. I splurged.
I have invested about 30 minutes total into it so far, and have drilled out all the necessary holes. Next step is soldering everything together and tuning up.
We'll see how it goes.
Posted in Radio Daze by WA5ICA at January 2, 2006 06:08 PM