One other question I have concerns the length of these "EFHW" antennas that many are using. That is, are they REALLY End Fed Half-Waves? In other words, are they cut to be an electrical half wave-length or, are they simply a convenient length of wire, that is fed at one end? There could be a drastic difference in the feed point impedance depending on this parameter.
Also, what's wrong with making a true "Zepp" antenna on the higher bands by adding the required length of twin lead for the ¼λ matching section? On 20 M and up, this would result in a fairly easy length of wire to deal with. Anybody tried that approach? I know the "J-Poles" are popular on VHF, but how about a 20 meter wire J-Pole? 73, Charlie k3ICH -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 11:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft] KX2 On Thu,7/14/2016 2:54 PM, Fred C. Jensen wrote: > I use an EFHW on 80-10, no dedicated counterpoise, no coax length rqmts. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
