Subject: 25 Cent Dual band antenna!

Several days ago someone posted a antenna project using softdrink cans.
I have build a simular antenna using Similac (Baby milk cans) with
exelent results i get a near perfect swr from 130MHz - 170MHz and also
get good swr accross the 70cm band. I call this my SimDIPOLac "HI" antenna.
Take 8 cans (The reason I used these cans is because they fit together
very well to allow them to be soldered when stacked. Make sure you clean
the edges to be soldered. I used the open ends of the cans and inserted
a 6" section of PVC pipe and drilled 3 holes through the cans to
facilitate screwing the two colums together at the center of the dipole.
The total cost of this antenna was the six screws and solder i used.
By the way i could hit the repeater which is 20 miles away from my location
using my Kenwood TH78A using 20mw with the antenna sitting on my kitchen
table. This would be a great antenna for the apartment dweller!
I soldered a little eye on top using a piece of #12 wire so it could
be hung from the ceiling or whatever.


------ <--- Bottom of can!
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------ <--- Solder cans together (2 Points will do)
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------ <---- Feed point for center conductor
I    I <---- I used a piece of PVC pipe as insulator (1/2" space)
------ <---- Feed point for Coax shield
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