what sort of PVC pipe??? MUST be WHITE communications type
otherwise the carbon in it stuffs the setting
"JE" wrote in message
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Thanks for all the help, both of you guys!!

I trimmed little "smidges" several times and I'm back in the ballpark with
the SWR!!

Appreciate all of you help. This is my first time at tackleing something
like this.

Thanks again,
Jack


"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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JE wrote:
Thanks Cecil. Any other kind of material I could use that might be
better?

I believe that many commercial antennas are enclosed in
PVC. Assuming your PVC is non-conductive, it is simply
lowering the velocity factor of your antenna (assuming
you haven't turned it into a fractal by stuffing from
one end :-). Try trimming it. If you ruin it, build
another. Or just build yourself a J-Pole from copper
tubing.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


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