I work portable with about 1 ft of coax to my end-fed. Never really had a problem making contacts. Guess I could do a lot better with a longer coax or with a counterpoise?
Kev - K4VD On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 5:22 PM, Doug Person <[email protected]> wrote: > I am feeding my end-feds with over 100 feet of coax and they work just > fine. > > Doug - K0DXV > > > On 2/9/2017 1:21 PM, K9MA wrote: > >> Well said, Bill! >> >> 73, >> >> Scott K9MA >> >> On 2/9/2017 10:39, Bill Leonard N0CU wrote: >> >>> The reason your antenna was a lot less finicky with a bit of coax is >>> that the >>> EFHW antenna requires a return path for the RF field. Theoretically, >>> without >>> a return path, the antenna won't radiate at all. The recommended setup >>> for >>> this antenna is for a .05 wavelength counterpoised to be used. EZNEC >>> models >>> indicate that there is little benefit to going much longer than .05 >>> wavelengths, and a quarter wavelength is actually less effective than the >>> shorter lengths. If no counterpoise is used, then coax shield becomes >>> the >>> counterpoise by default. >>> >>> Bill N0CU >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
