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Simple Ham Radio Antennas--Inexpensive 17-Meter Vertical Antenna. Post #966

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Inexpensive 17-Meter Vertical Antenna (http://www.eham.net/articles/37910). Author:  K5DVW. Accessed on 28 November 2016, 15:05 hrs, UTC . Please click link or insert title URL into your browser search box to read the full article. Comment: Do you want a stealthy, inexpensive, and easy to make antenna for the 17-Meter Amateur Radio band ? The antenna designed by K5DVW may be what you're looking for.  Using easily available materials, K5DVW has designed and built a vertical antenna for 17 Meters (18.068 MHz -18.168 MHz) that will fit comfortably in your back yard and will use natural vegetation to protect its presence from nosey neighbors.  K5DVW uses two elevated ground radials to get good earth coupling.  The radials are mounted about 0.1 wavelength above ground, making them "only a little higher that 5 feet (1.52 meters) off the ground." PVC pipe and PVC pipe caps support the antenna.  Plan on using about 30 feet (9.14 meters) of wire for the vertical elemen