[Antennas] Vertical coaxial endfed dipole...

[Chris BONDE]

In my opinion it is not really end fed.  The centre contacts the centre and 
the shield the the bent back extra shield.  (Shield = braid).

Locals have used "end" fed here for 2m.  First variation is to have a thin 
pipe, push the coax there through.  The shield is attached to the other end 
of the pipe, the centre to a whip insulated from the pipe.  Second 
variation, strip off the insulation of the coax about 1/4 WL, then roll the 
shield back over the insulation for 1/4 WL.  Voila!  a verticle 
dipole.  These worked a lot better than a1/4WL ground plane on 2m.

Chris opr VE7HCB


At 06:44 AM 2002-02-20 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Roger,
>Thanks for the reply.
>My only requirements for the 10m antenna are: 1) Vertical pol. 2) No 
>horizontal radials 3) must fit inside a fishing rod.
>The antennas that fit the above requirements are the Vertical centerfed 
>dipole, but feeding it is a problem because the feedline would run paralel 
>to the lower element, the endfed dipole, and maybe a 5/8 which I don't 
>have plans for...
>
>73
>Demetre - SV1ENS