Copper Plumbing Pipe Dipole Antenna for 2 Meters de W4ZT One of these dipoles works fine for a basic, slightly off center, omni-directional antenna. The angle of radiation is lower than that of a ground plane so it does tend to work better (by about 3db in the favored direction). The higher the antenna is placed, the better. This is because tall buildings and trees can interfere with signals that are lower to the ground. Place the 2-meter antenna next to an exterior wall for a better reception of outside signals. Hidden antennas, antennas for low space category is a curation of 62 web resources on, Concealed DSS J-Pole, The Galaxy dipole, Balcony Antenna for 7 10 14 MHz. Resources listed under Stealth Antenna category belongs to Antennas main collection, and get reviewed and rated by amateur radio operators.

• Low Profile 2-meter Slot Antenna
• Low Profile 2 Meter Slot Antenna On Dish Antenna
• Low Profile 2 Meter Slot Antennas
• Low Profile 2 Meter Slot Antenna Booster

Description

Benefits:

• Rugged construction for years of reliable service
• Low noise floor picks up weak signals better than comparable wire or plastic enclosed antennas
• Wide bandwidth, (4+ MHz across the 2 meter band). No need to retune
• Omnidirectional RF radiation pattern is balanced for communicating with stations at or slightly above the horizon line.
• Pretuned and ready to go for the 2 meter amateur radio band

KB9VBR 2 Meter J-Pole Antenna Specifications:

• Constructed out of 1/2 inch copper tubing
• Overall length 69 inches
• radiator 58 inches
• matching stub 19 inches
• Choice of SO-239 or N Female connector is soldered on at the point of lowest SWR
• Omnidirectional radiation pattern
• Gain is about 3dbi or about 2.5dbd compared to a 1/4 wave ground plane

There are literally hundreds of antennas on the market, what makes this antenna any better than some of the higher priced you’ve seen or experienced? The simple answer is that it just plain works great. Dollar for dollar, the KB9VBR J-Pole antenna may be the best value on the amateur radio antenna market.

Low Profile 2-meter Slot Antenna

Dual Band Performance in a single antenna:

Low Profile 2 Meter Slot Antenna On Dish Antenna

Each antenna is individually tested and tuned for optimum performance on their respective bands. The two meter antenna is tuned to 146MHZ (1.2:1 SWR or less at 146MHz), and the SWR is 1.4:1 or less throughout the entire 2 meter band. This antenna also works great as a dual band antenna. The antenna will tune up on 70cm for excellent dual band performance.

A fellow blogger, Brick O’Lore, wrote me with a question that I don’t have a good answer for. Would anyone care to weigh in on this?

Low Profile 2 Meter Slot Antennas

I’d like to add a 2M mobile rig in my wife’s car. Sounds simple enough, but the trick is that I need something that is as small as possible and will have a really neat installation. I’d prefer to have a mobile rig that I can wire in (power and an antenna) and see the display (versus cobbling together something with an HT). A detachable faceplate/remote would be fine. I want 2M to hit the repeaters – any other bands or advanced features would be a bonus, but not required. The car is a 7 year-old Audi A4 and there is very little room in the footwells. It does have a neat feature – a drawer under each of the front seats. So what’s small and installs such that it will score well on the WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) scale?

Low Profile 2 Meter Slot Antenna Booster

My suspicion is that there are a lot of good choices — and none are going to be particularly “affordable.” If you have a photo of your creative radio installation that might help others, send it to me (editor at amateurradio dot com) and I’ll attach it to this post. I think that would be especially helpful. If not, your insight and tips via comments are always very much appreciated!