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| First find unused frequency in your area. http://www.radio-locator.com/ |
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| then input your frequency to calculate the
length of your dipole antenna. http://www.kwarc.org/ant-calc.html |
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| With the help of an assistant you will need to find something to use between your two wires to insulate them from each other and connect them. My assistant found a cable staple that will serve nicely. |
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| Take out the nails and drill the hole larger if need be. Insert your legs of cable longer then the amount needed per segment. In my case a little more then 2.415 feet of 12 gauge solid copper cable. |
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| Solder a couple short pieces of cable to each of your legs and insert the whole thing into a 1/2" T connector and pull the short pieces thru. Mark the leg with the center conductor as needing to be pointing up. |
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| Drill a hole in a 1/2" cap large enough for your connector. I used a SO-239 chassis mount connector from radio shack |
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| Trim your legs to match the length needed for each calculated earlier. I soldered a couple wire connectors to the ends of the legs so that I would have something to attach a cable tie onto. |
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| use a short piece of 1/2" PVC to connect your end cap to the T. Solder the SO-239 to the short cables connected to the legs. |
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| Cut some 1/2" PVC slightly longer then needed to cover your legs and using cable ties and an end cap secure the legs inside the PVC (to the wire connector) in order to stretch the legs straight. |
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| secure the antenna with the center leg pointing up. Attach to a wall facing the street. |
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