[Antennas] End Fed antenna

[Charles Greene]

At 09:44 PM 2/14/2002 -0600, Bob Wilder wrote:
>I want to use half wave or 5/8 wave wire fed at one end with 450 Ohm
>ladder line to a balun into coax to the rig.
>
>     O---------------------------------------------------------O--O
>                        130 Feet                            |   |
>                                                                 |   | 450
>Ohm line (20-30 Ft)
>
>  What do any of you think?

Good antenna, but you have to take care if you use a balun that it is not 
at a current node or else you will burn it up due to the high 
voltage.  Have you considered an OCF antenna,----90'-x-45'--?  You still 
can use 450 or 300 ohm line but it presents a load of 200 to 300 ohms to 
the balun on most bands.

73, Chas, W1CG