Re: [BVARC] End fed sloper

[Michael Shanks via BVARC]

From what I’ve been told you need about 50 foot of coax would be a good counterpoise for an fed. That’s what I use. It worked well. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 22, 2024, at 3:36 AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:  What is a counterpoise? And is it required for an end fed sloper antenna? Thanks Marvin N5RKW  Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2024, at 10:35 AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) <marvin.su...@abc.com> wrote:  Thanks everybody! Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2024, at 8:09 AM, Rick Hiller via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:  This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Marvin, "End Fed" pretty much locks you into the EFHW arena.  Halfwave wire oriented at about 45 degrees with the feed point at the ground.  Easily made (ARRL kit for 40) and deployed. In the traditional sense,  a "half sloper" was typically a 1/4 wl wire fed against a 1/4 wl tower, with variations of that being quite prevalent, with varying results ranging from great to not worth a s%&*.....but most being quite finicky to get working properly, with minimal advantages attained. .  Those designs, with comments as just stated, can be found in the ARRL Antenna Handbook, going back to last century or check out ON4UN's "Low Band DX'ing" comments re: half slopers and sloping dipoles.   Within the last 10 years the low cost, easy up, multi-band EFHW popularity has taken hold and can be deployed as whatever you wish it to be....horizontal, L, vertical, sloper, zig-zag, etc. GL and 73...W5RH On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 7:41 AM mark janzer via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: Also, check out: https://www.earchi.org/92011endfedfiles/Endfed6_40.pdf On Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 07:23:20 AM CDT, David Holden via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: If you are trying to build an end feed half wave (EFHW) antenna, the length is in the name. A half wave at 40m is ~66 feet. Start with 67 feet and fold back the end until you get a good SWR.  You need a 49:1 transformer on one end to get the impedance down to 50 ohm and to connect your coax. Mine is resonant at 10 through 40m. David WJ9O > On Aug 20, 2024, at 11:54 PM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > Hey everybody > I’m looking for a diagram and dimensions for a 40 meter end fed sloper antenna. Not having much luck on YouTube. > Thanks > Marvin > N5RKW > Sent from my iPhone > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ -- Rick Hiller  W5RH e-mail:     rickhille...@gmail.com Cell/VM/Text:        832-474-3713 Physical: 9031 Troulon Drive                Houston, TX 77036 ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!JOo4jHKjK_nhbWHbko8FrVQgqkPbyM0AEXmaweHArpZB_p9zQ2rHzipvBio1CUly8V_uIXbJMu2y3Q$ Publicly available archives are available here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!JOo4jHKjK_nhbWHbko8FrVQgqkPbyM0AEXmaweHArpZB_p9zQ2rHzipvBio1CUly8V_uIXa8aDw4QQ$   ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/

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