Have you had it on an analyzer yet? It would be interesting to see how the bandwidth characteristics compare to the flat metal tape version. I assume you were able to measure a perfect 1.0:1 SWR at the desired operational frequency? The matching stub should make it fairly easy to do that, and even mark it for on-the-fly minor tuning changes. Nice build.
Have you had it on an analyzer yet? It would be interesting to see how the bandwidth characteristics compare to the flat metal tape version. I assume you were able to measure a perfect 1.0:1 SWR at the desired operational frequency? The matching stub should make it fairly easy to do that, and even mark it for on-the-fly minor tuning changes. Nice build.
Unfortunately I have nothing in 2M to test it with, any suggestions for a cheap VHF analyzer?
I suppose I could use my FT-817 on 2M and watch the SWR meter, but that's pretty crude. I need to get something for VHF/UHF anyway.
EDIT: So I just set the FT-817 to 144.00 and got one bar SWR (~1.2:1), zero bars (1:1) at 148.00.
Rough test but it’s pretty good across the band.