Slim Jim design and use

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If you're looking for a portable 2m/70cm antenna with great gain, please consider a "Slim Jim" designed and built by Joe (N9TAX).

In this video, Joe offers an in-depth detailed analysis of the popular Slim Jim VHF/UHF antenna--a system designed for easy deployment in a variety of "field" operations.  This antenna is a perfect addition to your ARRL Field Day installation.

The video discusses how to build this antenna and use it for both amateur radio and commercial scanning.

If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USRFt2xmPJM.

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Russ Roberts (KH6JRM/AL0HA).

Here are some comments from Joe (N9TAX):

Check out our website! http://www.n9taxlabs.com This video dives into the design use and configurations of N9TAX Slim Jim antennas. These antennas can be used for Amateur radio commercial radio and scanning. They cover bands ranging from 100 - 1000mhz *. We take a look at the gain, pattern and various mounting methods of these simple yet powerful antennas. *These are not wide-band antennas. We can tune them for chunks of radio band in the range of 100-1000 mhz. 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Antenna Pattern and Gain 10:11 - Antenna Construction 14:50 - Mounting the Antenna Indoors 20:48 - Mounting the Antenna Outdoors 26:05 - Rigid Mount Mast 29:30 - Connections/Water Intrusion/Silicon Tape

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