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Well, I don't know. But still, several DIY dipoles seem cheaper than one multipurpose antenna as the one you shared haha
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2018 January 02
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Look up "fan dipole"
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Thing about cutting your own antenna, particularly a multi-bander is that you will probably need an antenna analyzer to make sure you tuned it up right.
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Depending on the antenna design, you may also require an antenna tuner to use it
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Even if you have the design with exact lengths?
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Those are better but it's always possible that the antenna can get detuned by things in its surroundings, like proximity to the building the metal in the balcony railings
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It's a good tool to have, or join your local amateur radio club and see if anyone has one and they would give you a hand.
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Those are better but it's always possible that the antenna can get detuned by things in its surroundings, like proximity to the building the metal in the balcony railings
So it doesn't really matter whether you buy one or you do it yourself
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As long as the instructions are good, you use decent materials and you do a competent job of building it, you should be able to produce something as good as you could buy.
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I understand
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Well, thank you very much Papangelo. I got a lot of good information today 😄
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You're more thanwelcome.
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I just tend to buy stuff because I don't have enough time to do all the research and building.
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Yes, true
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I think that the CW transceiver kit I shared is a good compromise between buying and DIY
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Debugging the system if it doesn't perform as expected is also easier. There's a support email address and it having been made in a factory eliminates me having built it wrong.
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Debugging the system if it doesn't perform as expected is also easier. There's a support email address and it having been made in a factory eliminates me having built it wrong.
Yes, that's the good thing
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I know I lack experience and I'm running non-QRP so it gives me more confidence that I'm not going to damage my rig. Antenna analyzers are handy things to have anyway. They will reveal if your antenna is degrading if something is going wrong like corrosion or getting water in the coax
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Actually I should test my stock RTL-SDR dipole haha
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Because I feel I have to increase RF gain a lot