Mast Mountable J-Pole Antenna
The J-Pole antenna’s long and storied design history is due for one more chapter to mitigate the longstanding mast current and reliability issues.
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Antennas, experiments, engineering and other articles of interest to radio folks.
The J-Pole antenna’s long and storied design history is due for one more chapter to mitigate the longstanding mast current and reliability issues.
Tame the predictable mast currents found in any j-pole antenna grounding conductive mast using a simple stub. Shown is empirical evidence why this is a problem and a very simple solution all future grounded j-pole antennas should incorporate.
The MFJ Analyzer products make easy work of tuning a coaxial quarter wave stub.