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2 Meter Quad PVC Pipe Antenna (Part 1/6)

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How to build a 2 meter cubical quad antenna out of PVC pipe, part 1 of 6. A great homebrew ham radio beam antenna for fixed or portable use. Part 1 is an introduction including materials needed and antenna dimensions.

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  • What's the match? 1:1?

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    de n8zu

  • @raypsi More like 1.3. In part 6 of this video I connect the antenna to a SWR analyzer and you can see the results. 73 :)

  • hello my name is andrew and i was wondering if you could email me a list of how long you cut the pipe for this i use ca2 on my cb will this work?

  • @andrewwirenut Sorry no. This antenna is for the 2 meter amateur radio band (144-148 MHz). A cubical quad antenna for the CB (27 MHz) would be a much larger antenna and would be constructed differently. I will be doing a video on CB antennas soon. 73

  • What gauge wire did you use? Sorry for my elementary question, I am new ham.

  • @user8542 It's 14 gauge. Wire size is discussed in part 2. Please watch all 6 parts if you would like to learn how to make this antenna. :)

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  • Quads on Two meters are really amazing. Thanks for another great video on Ham Radio... But you have to keep the weight down and Ice loading. A little lighter version of the TWO Meter Quad with plans that can be down loaded in PDF are on Hamuniverse under WX9DX Quad posted in 2007.

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    Jimmy, ARRL TC, WX9DX

  • parts list please! Looks great!

  • Respond to this video...  think you for the video

  • Respond to this video... can you email me a list on how long you cut your pipe anyway plz

  • @zerozedzed

    will it pick up any thing on my cb

  • @andrewwirenut my email is chevy_camaro_95@yahoo.com plz let me know is dis will work with my cb

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