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Originally Posted by ai4kk
So on a tapered cylinder like an antenna, would I just use the average diameter?
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Correct. I'd just measure the middle if it looks like the taper is the same down the whole whip.
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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
How about a flat foil bow tie dipole? Or even better: inside the vehicle attached to the window?
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Dipoles tend to be a half a wavelenghth instead of a quarter like with a vertical monopole ground plane antenna. So an 8.5 ft antenna now becomes a 17ft antenna. You'd need a prettly long window to put that on.