I don't want to come off as a "A-Hole" but the use of efhw for any end fed antenna is really getting out of hand. We as hams need to step up our game in regards to our communication skills of day to day speech. We, as hams,are regarded as communication specialists and this should go with our speech as well as our knowledge. A efhw is a single band, narrow frequency, antenna. It is a half wave of one frequency with regards to the length of the antenna with some minor adjustments for its mounting. An end fed antenna is just that, a random length of wire fed at one end of the wire. I know this may seem to some as being petty but it degrades the knowledge we have learned as amateurs. If this persists the ones joining the hobby may think that this is an accurate description and then spread this to others, as it seems it already has, and dumb down our status within part 97.1 (d) Expansion of the existing reservoir within the amateur radio service of trained operators, technicians, and electronics experts. My 2 cents.
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