Not again? Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill
> On Feb 14, 2017, at 11:48 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av....@gmail.com> wrote: > > In spite of ON4UN's 4.3, I stand by my prior statements concerning the > excellence of end-fed half wave antennas (EFHW), and their non-existent > requirements for vast counterpoise. In that specific regard, ON4UN is > unfortunately off the mark. More on that below. > > Those of you using the becoming popular (?) EFHW portable antennas with > your excellent Elecraft portable rigs, you do NOT need to worry about > putting down a dense 0.35 wavelength radial field for them to work very > nicely. > > I've had 50 plus years experience with 80m EFHW antennas, particularly the > EFHW inverted L or EFHWL. I, and all those I have helped install one to > improve their signal, have had very successful experience with EFHW aerial > wires. It's long-term lack of general popularity among hams has always been > curious to me. I personally attribute that to the lack of a robust > commercial **remote** tuner **made for the purpose** to go at the base. An > off-the-shelf version has always been needed to serve hams who for whatever > reason are unable or disinclined to construct these devices for themselves. > > None of this 50+ years of excellent EFHW experience included a 0.35 > wavelength radial field. They all included very minimalist counterpoise, > including maybe one hand's worth fed against a ground rod. I remember one > just outside a window and within a few feet of the property line. I never > recommended a ground rod, but I must admit that those worked tremendously > better than what they were previously using. And it was their house, not > mine. Who knows what kind of blowback they were getting about antennas. > Back then radio could put lines through TV signals and create next door > enemies. > > I will further add that an 80 meter end-fed halfwave L, and against very > minimalist ground or counterpoise, is arguably the **best** single wire > 80/75m antenna for **both** DX and local contacts, and as such a real > winner for small lot situations. Especially for those small lotters where a > hundred foot radius for Mr. Devoldere's 0.35 wavelength dense 80m radial > field runs into the street and through three or four adjacent houses :>) > > At my place that would be through my house, across my driveway, through > neighbor Tim's deer fence, across his driveway and into his wife's flower > garden, and toward the back into dense woods where radials are problematic > elevated or buried. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
