For those that may be newer on the list that would like to see an example of a good homebrew 1/2 wave end fed setup, here's a good one (with pictures and schematic) on the QRP ARCI site. It was posted by Steve Yates, AA5TB:
http://www.qrparci.org/content/view/59/55/ I've used a slight variation of this, and it works quite well for me on 20 meters. For wire, I used a hunk of the nice and light 28 Ga. copper-coated steel wire that The Wireman sells. Note that you can also make this with a toroidal transformer instead of the solenoidal coil setup shown--saves a lot of space. I put mine inside an old plastic 35mm film container I had long ago tossed in a drawer. When my wife saw the finished item, she said she finally understood why I saved "junk" like that! 72, Dave - K7DAA ______________________________________________________________ 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
