Questions tagged [end-fed-antenna]
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End fed long wire antenna causing issues
I use a hex beam to operate from 20 meters to 6 meters with amazing results.
I wish to operate 40 meters and 80 meters also, and can only really install an end fed long wire due to my installation ...
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Can fanned/parallel endfed antennas be used to get higher gain in some directions?
I have two pieces of antenna wire which are roughly 10 m long, with banana plugs at the ends, which I bring to hang in the trees when operating portable. I also bring a 49:1 unun and hopes that my ...
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End fed long wire antenna for 40 meters length
I have a hex beam antenna that gets me onto bands from 20 meters to 6 meters very well.
I wish to have an antenna that gets me onto 40 meters at night very well also.
Recently I purchased an end fed ...
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Is there a name for this specific variation of L-match tuner (somewhere between L-match and Π-match) and what would be its advantages over L-match?
So I've been looking at the internals of the Icom AT-141 end-fed antenna tuner which I have, and I've noticed that it has some sort of pre-tuning LC stage before its traditional L-tuner network.
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Do these look like amateur radio antennas?
I am planning to move into a new apartment, and of course would like to install a HF antenna there, on the roof if possible.
Today I noticed a small Yagi antenna on the roof of the building , more ...
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Can an end-fed be fed with an Isolation transformer? [closed]
Typical half-wave end-fed antenna kits include either a 9:1 or 49:1 toroidal balun or unun, which is a transformer for impedance matching, but with one primary winding endpoint (for the coax shield) ...
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Can I wind my 9:1 unun with two wires instead of three?
All the 9:1 unun tutorials out there are using three wires to wind, but I was wondering if it is possible to wind it using two wires similar to how this 49:1 is built (https://elginradio.files....
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What type of Cable Should I use between a Long Wire antenna and a Transmatch?
I installed a Yaesu System 600with a MFJ Versatuner 2 on my 31ft sailboat and Idont know what type of cable should I use between the MFJ and the long wire antenna I have on my back Stay.
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Troubleshooting the MFJ 1982 EFHW
I am a beginner with not much experience in HF. My shack consists of a Xiegu G90 connected with 20ft of RG-8x to an MFJ 1982 end fed half wave antenna. There is a small coil of coax next to the ...
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How does end loops on a long wire antenna affect antenna length
I've put up a "random" length long wire antenna for HF in my yard at about 124ish feet about 15' off the ground. I got this length from an online resource. Here's my questions:
How does the ...
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Long wire antenna end fed random length folded back on incline
Trying to lengthen my 10mtr. end fed to 39 metres in length. To do this I need the first leg (10mtr.) to run at a lower height approx (5mtr)turning back on a dog leg, and the final 29 meters then ...
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What is the optimum length for a random longwire on 10m?
I have all the space in the world and wish to errect a single random longwire to use on the 10 meter band only.
I understand that once such a wire is very long, losses associated with the wire itself (...
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Pondering variations on the vertical bazooka antenna
I've seen these antennas built out of coax that are called a bazooka vertical. It's a kind of 1/4 wave vertical, or perhaps a 1/2 wave dipole. Constructing such an antenna is to roll back the outer ...
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How do I tune my EFHW 40-10 to have the lowest SWR in the 40, 20 and 15 meter bands?
This is a reading from my RigExpert AA-35 ZOOM of my EFHW 40-10 inverted L with radials, and feedpoint 2 feet above the ground. Any thoughts as to how I can tune or move this antenna to get the ...
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Should I use the same grounding rod to ground my radio and my random wire antenna?
I have an end fed random wire antenna about 50 feet from my shack into an antenna tuner. I do not have the option to install a ground rod at the house entrance but I do at the antenna feed point. The ...
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What is the radiation pattern of an ~60 foot end fed wire antenna used for 40 meters?
I live in a retirement center. The rule here is “Never do anything anywhere at anytime.” That translates to “No Antennas” which I have been told means I can put out an antenna as long as it is ...
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9:1 unun material and power loss
I need to build another 9:1 unun and I start searching for my toroids... (I have build 2-3 something like 4 years ago)...
In parallel I checked on Google about the correct toroid etc so I found 2-3 ...
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Do these magnetic field measurements of end-fed and center-fed half-wave dipoles corroborate measurements made by antenna experimenters?
Using a sensor and procedure discussed in my article, I made the following plot comparing the magnetic field strength along a 30m-band half-wave dipole fed at center and one end.
Key points include:
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Why a capacitor is needed in Fuchs antenna?
I tried to understand the physics of Fuchs antenna and there is one thing that I don't quite understand. This is probably a very silly question, but I spent a lot of time looking for an answer (books, ...
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EFHW works only on one band - what am I missing?
I tried to build a multiband EFHW antenna as described in articles by PA3HHO, PD7MMA, G0KYA and many others. I decided to start with a short 40/20/(15?)/10 meters version without any loading coils. ...
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Does a 1/2 wavelength end-fed antenna need a good RF ground?
I was searching for DIY end-fed antenna.
Some of the articles I found say that for a 1/2 wavelength end-fed I need a "small to no counterpoise" (with a lambda*0.05 m counterpoise), but some other ...
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Do I need an 9:1 UNUN for a half-wave end fed?
I was using a 10-ish meter wire as my HF rx antenna. That's all I can install in my QTH. However I realised that my ~10 m wire can be turned into an end fed dipole for 20 meter band.
But there is a ...
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Do end-fed dipole antennas need choke baluns?
I have a couple of end-fed wire antennas I bought that came with matching baluns. One has a 9:1 unun, and I'm not sure about the other one. In addition to those, should I also put a choke balun on the ...
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Suggestions for HF antenna for occasional use on my sailboat
I have had a license since I was a kid, but have not touched anything ham radio related in years. I have been thinking about diving back in and combining it with my sailing. I'm looking for thoughts ...
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What is the impedance of an end-fed half-wave antenna?
It is my understanding that the feed-point impedance ($Z_a$) of an end-fed half-wave antenna is dependent on at least the following factors:
$L_a$: The length of the radiating element of the antenna.
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Antenna Impedance calculation for low frequency [duplicate]
If I have an end fed long wire in free space, say 100 ft,
how do I calculate its $R$ & $X$ at different frequencies?
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Do a toroid's specs matter much in an antenna matching transformer?
I'm getting started with my first (very basic) HF rig and for convenience and the experience I'd like to try an End Fed Half Wave antenna. Typical designs for a "matchbox" in this case include ...
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Dipole versus ungrounded end fed for HF RX
I've built a 2 meter ground plane antenna that works pretty well for RX and has a decent SWR on 2 meters with my Alinco. However, I'm experimenting with SDR quite a bit and would really like to build ...
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End-fed wire antenna lengths
I want to use an end-fed wire antenna, but what would be the best length of wire for the 20m and 40m bands?
Is there a way to work this out?
This is assuming a tuner will be used.
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