"Hello Joe!
Yesterday I built two vees, and today I tested them against very bad rubber duckys and a moxon rectangle I had previously built (by the way: what do you think of the moxon rectangle as a TX antenna?)

I posted the results here:…"

"Ok, last question I hope! I cannot find a brass (bronze) tube anywhere. I can easily find copper pipes of similar dimensions, not bronze..."

"Thanks Joe! Today I will be building the V dipole, with some luck I will find a brass tube & nipple at the local hardware store in order to build the other antenna. What frequency are the antennae tuned for? I usually use 5 channels spaced 50KHz…"

"Hello Joe! I have a question about the balun's inner wire. Is it conected to something? I believe it shouldn't according to your post, but I can't see what I should do with it, and the pictures seem tho show it is soldered to the outer shield?"