I can vouch for the EFHW. It works great. I built a parallel tuned circuit using a roller inductor and a 15-350pf cap. I have used this several times on 20 meters feeding a 33.5 foot vertical wire. I use about 4 10 foot radials, which is probably overkill, and run it through a good choke and it has been a great performer. I have also used this box to feed a 20 and 40 meter halfsquare. I have ran 500 watts through both the half square and the 20 meter EFHW with no arcing and an SWR < 1.5 and a reactance of 3 or 4. No problems, works great.
The only issue I have had is that the EFHW tends to be a little bit noisier than a traditional vertical, but I can put this antenna up and operate in less than 10 minutes so it's worth the small amount of extra noise. 73, Morgan, NS0R ______________________________________________________________ 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]
