I have that same antenna. Nothing to report though. I am experiencing a lot of RFI. Plus I am lacking a satisfactory radio to test with. I chose the OCDP because it spans most of the bands. But also it offers some geometry advantages being 1/3 on one side and 2/3 on the other. I g reasonably good SWRs. I Another supplier uses a 70/30 split. I would check your OCDP with a nano-van to see if it performs at the frequencies you want. Mark N5PRD
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 1, 2022, at 1:35 PM, Ron Bosch via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Rick, > I put up a 80 M OFCD from my chimney. I put the Balun on top of a 10 foot > fiberglass rod strapped to my chimney top cover. That gets it to about 32 > feet high at the apex of the inverted vee. So far no complaints from the HOA > Gestapo. While it is visible from the street, it is vey unobtrusive, and > just looks like a 4” X 4” box mounted to my chimney cover. If the HOA asks I > plan to tell them it is an atmospheric monitor to make sure the air quality > is good. > > Ron > KE4DRF > > Sent from Mail for Windows > > From: Michael Giannaccio via BVARC > Sent: Saturday, January 1, 2022 11:52 AM > To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Michael Giannaccio; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BVARC] My first DX antenna : MFJ Ultra-Lite Off-Center Fed > Dipole Antennas MFJ-2010 > > Hi Rick, > > Since I don’t have any personal experience with that particular antenna I > can’t comment on the build quality. > > But I do have an OCF dipole with a 4:1 balun cut for the same bands in an HOA > situation. Mine is at 25 feet and I’ve been extremely happy with its > performance. My furthest SSB contact has been Bosnia on 20m. It’s no beam but > it gets the job done! It’s been up for almost a year now and I’ve managed to > avoid the HOAs attention. For mine I’m using black insulated wire with the > balun hung from my 2 story chimney on a pulley and each leg of the dipole > running to two trees. > > If you want to go super stealth I’d recommend building or purchasing a 4:1 > balun and using some Davis RF poly stealth wire. It has a very high strength > to diameter rating. https://www.davisrf.com/antenna-wire/polystealth.php > > If you feel that the MFJ is going to work for you I’d say go for it based on > the reviews. If it ends up not suiting your home QTH, well, now you have a > portable antenna! > > 73, > > > Mike Giannaccio > W5REZ > > > On Jan 1, 2022, at 11:24 AM, Rick Wannall via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I acquired a Kenwood TS2000 through this forum a few months ago, and have > been browsing around for a first antenna. > > There are almost too many resources for discussion and recommendation, a very > nice problem to have. > > Based on a number of comments, including remarks by Dave Casler in his > Youtube channel, I’ve landed on this: > > MFJ Ultra-Lite Off-Center Fed Dipole Antennas MFJ-2010 > > > I’m not exactly sure yet how I’ll get it 35 feet up, but that’s a problem > regardless of which antenna, unless I go with a tower. Living under an HOA in > a gated compound, I prefer to see if I can get by with just the wire and make > that “inconspicuous”. > > If anyone has a strong conviction that this is just the wrong thing to start > with, I’d love to know why and what you would recommend instead. Keep in > mind, this is not the only antenna I will buy that, just the first. > > Thanks, all. > > Rick Wannall > KG5ITH > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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