Build Your Own Roll Up Slim Jim Antenna For The 2 Meter Ham Radio Band.
Here's a simple, elegant, and inexpensive roll up "Slim Jim" antenna for the 2 Meter Ham Radio Band. This antenna is easily transportable and is suitable for both field and home station use. Mike (K8MRD) takes us through the design, building, testing, and use of this handy antenna. Make one for your "go-kit" or for your next club meeting. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igHQ3EsE5Bk. Here some comments from Mike (K8MRD): This is a really easy, fun antenna to build. If you are new to Amateur Radio, or just want an easy to deploy 2 Meter antenna for out in the field, this is a great project. Here is the link to the antenna calculator I used. Be sure to scroll down a bit to see the diagram of the 70 MHz Slim Jim constructed with 450 Ohm Balanced Feeder. The build is the same, we're just changing lengths to make it for 146 MHz. I also changed the velocity factor to