Just trying to get set up. I don't have a license yet, but soon.
If I make a copper J Pole can I use it upside down? Just pull it up in a tree with the 2 legs pointing down.


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Re: antennas
By: Lbase to All on Thu Nov 24 2022 05:36 pm

If I make a copper J Pole can I use
upside down? Just pull it up in a tr

You technically could, but you wouldn't
get as far of a range theoretically.

If you got it up high enough, it might
not matter.

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Re: antennas
By: Lbase to All on Thu Nov 24 2022 05:36 pm

Just trying to get set up. I don't have a license yet, but soon.
If I make a copper J Pole can I use it upside down? Just pull it up in a tree with the 2 legs pointing down.

You're basically making a Zepp antenna. The j-pole was originally designed to be made of wire and trailed off the back of a Zeppelin, effectively making it an "upside down j-pole"

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