OK, my "80-10 EFHW", which is how it's marketed, is really an "EFHWO8OBWGOOBT"? (End Fed On 80 But Works Great On Other Bands Too). :-)
73, Fred K6DGW TDY in SoCal on my Kindle Rick Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >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. > >-- >Rick, W8ZT > >Sent from Gmail Mobile >______________________________________________________________ >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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
