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How to make a quarter-wave vertical mono-bander

I cover this in my youtube video. CHeck it out.

Here’s the spreadsheet:

EXCEL: <quarter wave vertical calculator> link

See also:

    - Quarter Wave -vs- 5/8ths Wave Vertical

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Who is Callum M0MCX?

Callum lives near Solihull with his wife (Wendy) and two children. He owns an IT Recruitment Agency and is part owner of a web business.

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