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    From Lbase@OLDSCH to All on Thursday, November 24, 2022 17:36:00
    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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  • From Phigan@TACOPRON to Lbase on Friday, November 25, 2022 15:54:24
    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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  • From DaiTengu@ENSEMBLE to Lbase on Saturday, November 26, 2022 11:42:54
    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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