2-meter J-pole

After asking some of my radio friends on Fedi about what would be good for 2-meter on my balcony, I went with their suggestion of a J-pole antenna back in July of 2025, which was really easy to work with from the get-go!

Initial copper pipe J-pole antenna for 2-meter

NanoVNA: SWR of 1.208 @ 146.68 MHz, 54.73-j8.698Ω

Because it worked so well, I'm still using it to this day, albeit with an improved feed line, but that post will be up later.

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