Hi Mike. Just for info I have used Brazing Rods. They come in metre lengths and can be soldered etc. Thinner but very cheap compared to aluminium. Also used car brake pipe to make some telescopic for tuning. Which Can be soldered after adjustments. Cheers from old George

Thanks for the interesting video Mike. Its brilliant to see how the build develops in real time.

Hey Mike if your crimped on radiator doesnt hold up you might try filling the inner wire with solder for a tight fit. Then drill a hole in the tubing. Then slide a collar over the tubing with a set screw in it that will go through the drilled hole and make strong contact with the inner wire.🤔

Cheers Mike. After our move ive mislaid my tri bander and wanted something to get on 2 mtrs with. This is perfect for now. I did notice this wasnt made in the kitchen either this time lol

Great video mike. I know these are simple antennas but what a great project for a new ham. Well done.

Nice project as always 👍👏👏

Hello, very nice building, thankx 4 sharing, have a nice day from FRANCE

Very nice Mike!

Nice straightforward build 👍🏻 I’m sure those side-cutters were labelled “copper only” in a previous video, yet here you are nipping up aluminium 😱

I really enjoy your content that's fun and interesting to watch. I've often wondered if the tatoo was a military unit. I'm curious, yet I understand that may well be very personal. Your calm delivery is rare and I like learning about antennae from such a calm gentleman.

Easy build for anyone. As some comments say the centre connection is a bit suspect. I would have threaded the tube and used a short length of brass threaded rod (or threaded some plain rod myself to connect to the tube. , Drill a hole in the botton with a small side hole, and then solder that to the centre pin of the N type - or if you must, a SO239 :-) The worst part.. You will now go on e-bay and purchase a small table top clamp on vice, and use that to squash tube ends. Never again hit your poor pliers with a hammer. I was waiting for either the jaws to snap off, or the paving slab to break! :-) Andy.

Good job Mike 73

The simple ones are always the best made this aerial over 30 years ago .

Excelente..

Also a plastic pop bottle top with a hole drilled in center then the hot glue works great to cover the so239

Muito boa antena amigo para a banda 2metros

Thanks for the video going to make one today ,,,, in saying that now its raining with me been a wheelchair user and if its wet outside the wife does like the tram Lins off the wheelchair in the house lol all the best Allan G6TMO

Another Knipex fan. There is a wide chasm between a tradesman and a craftsman. Craftsmen buy once.

Cute little antenna! A few years ago I built a J-pole for the 2 meter band out of 12 mm copper tubing with magnificent results. I then etched it in acid before camo-painting it to make it completely 'disappear' at its final location in a tree. Heavy as a freight train but virtually bullet proof! (we get some nasty weather here up on 70 degrees north sometimes). Have you ever made one of these so you can do a comparison with your ground plane antenna?

Nice build and thank you for this. Have you tried this antenna for contacting the ISS? Just wondering, I know a yagi would be a better choice but on some passes I can see the ISS in the night sky passing by. I hear that some has made contacts with a 1/4 wave vertical. I thought about making a turnstile or eggbeater antenna.

Mike, what keeps the copper from electro-chemically reacting with the aluminum, breaking down your connection to the driven element??

If you built it for the 2m wavelength, then how's it going to resonate for the 70cm? As both wavelength are needed for international flying dustbin a.k.a skylab.

14:49 the repeater is sending its callsign as GB3SG. Looks like GB3SK is in Canterbury.

Did you seal the vertical mast tip? Otherwise you might get a place for water to intrude.

Looks like Alinco partnered with a Chinese radio manufacturer for that rig. "UP" arrow on the left is a dead giveaway. How do you like it?

Godd job 👍 question please is the aluminum tubes are conductive or not ? 73

Great job like always Mike. Fantastic build. Where did you source the Ali pipe from if. You don't mind me asking. Fran M6yik

Wonder if heating or filling the ends of the aluminium tube with solder where they join the connector will prevent the tube fracturing at the crimp. Keep us posted on the longevity their. Great work love the videos.

looks like a 1/4 wave ground plain antenna to me,works crap compaired to a 5/8 wave antenna i expect?

can we add UHF elements to it? cut according to 15cm length. iam newbie so please don't mind this stupid question😅 or this question is how to make it work on UHF

Can I still use 8mm aluminum tube?

On 430Mhz did you tested SWR ROS?

Is there a specific reason you are using the RG213?

Nice to sharing and i ask what is the db gain in the antenna thx and succes

Hi Sir Mike... Its a simple easy to follow tutorial in making a 2M antenna but what i'm interested most is your Alinco DJ-MD5.... Does it have a brother sir?😊😁

Hi, I have several of your films, from where do you get ideas, from a book or? Regards Peter

Я так и не понял, , чем регулировали КСВ ??

Hi. How does this work for 70cm band when you only have one length of rods in approximately 19 inches? Aren’t the rods approximately 6 inches for 70 cm

Hey Mike… great video and build! btw… where did you get the 3m ‘glass pole? 73 Andre M0RAV

Does the tube size matter, does it affect which frequencies are picked up or can any old tube work

Хорошая антенна. А какое усиление?

And, what about the Imax 2000 Project ??? 73´s DH1KJ

Thank you for this video, (from my side molstly not about the antenna building but for the, again, excellent background music, Calm Escape by Turadic :) IMO an vertical dipole antenna has a (mostly needed) lower radiation pattern) vy73 from Hamburg/Germany, Dietmar, DL4HAO

Hi , can we use this skylab antena with 20 / 25 watts base station

What was the device you used to cut the aluminium tube?

Gosto muito antena j pole dual band vhf uhf

I'm new and currently studying. What type of cable are you using from the end of the RG213 on your antenna to your radio?

Hola, ¿Se podria usar un Baofeng uvr5?, Saludos cordiales LU7DZM

I bit of dielectric wouldn’t hurt.

Can't get on the 38 with that 😭!

Excellent build.how much DB gain increase did you get off that bad boy mike ? I saw it was resonate on UHF as well. This antenna could be easily recalculated for 465 MHz for use on GMRS 462 - 467 MHz frequency pairs . May give it a try sometime in future will run the math and draw it up before prototyping. Thanks ahead of time you are a wizard lol

i think you need a de-burring to the clean the insides of the pipe ends.

Um, do you mean I.S.S. & not Skylab? Skylab hasn't been in space for a long time! Like 1979!