As a BVARC member you are privy to an excellent monthly newsletter
publication "The BVARC Beacon". I read an excellent article in the April
2024* K9YA Telegraph* detailing the demise of the national ham radio
publications. One point the author makes is that local and regional club
newsletters ar
Andre I was having issues with an end fed 73 ft length wire with no unun and was hoping longer length would decrease SWR. it looks like the exact opposite happened…John DW5RDYOn Mar 30, 2024, at 7:20 PM, Andre Pollard wrote:Did you tune the length of the wire? I'm running a end fed with 49:1 un
I 2nd LDG. I bought one used. When it gave out, I sent it in to LDG. They sent
me a brand new one.
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Original message
From: Keith Dutson via BVARC
Date: 3/30/24 8:22 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
Cc: Keith Dutson , Cal Birdsal
Odd multiples of a full wave length will exhibit voltage minima and current
maxima at the ends. The means from Ohms law that the ends will exhibit
impedance minima, that is you will need a impedance match to higher
values. A 9:1unun will generally give EFHW antennas a reasonable match to
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