The beam's driven element should be 17.3 feet. A Pocket Sundial From a Broken Pocket Watch! Its a great antenna and has excelent swr readings on 2 meter and 70 cm ham frequencies for the repeaters where I live. For the latest Amateur/Ham Radio news and information, please visit these websites: http://www.HawaiiARRL.info. Wow I did this post years ago. antenna have had great success with it.Although not mentioned in the Years ago (probably 40) I had a store-bought antenna that most people called a "Trick Stick." Required fields are marked *. I hope they make sense. Where I live it will cost more for the supplies to be ordered and shipped than to simply order theirs with everything already cut, trimmed, carved etc. 0000031890 00000 n