I think it must have been self defense by someone. Some time back I gave up using the term "dipole" because the current crop of Hams seems to think that means a center fed antenna of some arbitrary length, rather than an antenna that is exactly 1/2 wave long and which might be fed anywhere.
So I gave up and started saying that I had a half wave antenna fed at the center, or at the end or off-center, etc. But, since I like others to understand what I'm saying, I avoid acronyms. I take it the coupler at: http://www.qsl.net/aa5tb/coupler.html Is for QRP only! At 50 watts or so, I used to get flash-over in a wide spaced air variable in that circuit. I used a large "Air Dux" coil with it. The voltages present at the end of a dipole are huge at any significant power level. I can't imagine the wire insulation on a toroid or a poly cap withstanding more than a few watts of RF there. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Trev - K6ESE > These abbreviations drive me nuts! Me too sometimes ;-) EFHWA - End Fed Half Wave Antenna - Some examples found on the web: http://www.qsl.net/aa5tb/efha.html http://www.qsl.net/aa5tb/halfwave.html http://www.g3ycc.karoo.net/endfed2.html http://www.qsl.net/aa5tb/coupler.html http://www.g3ycc.karoo.net/endfed.htm This is my choice for portable work where I have 1 support...performs quite well... 73's Trev - K6ESE http://www.qsl.net/k6ese dit dididit dit dit dit _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
