[Elecraft] KX2

[Fred C. Jensen]

OK, my "80-10 EFHW", which is how it's marketed, is really an "EFHWO8OBWGOOBT"?  (End Fed On 80 But Works Great On Other Bands Too). :-)

73,

Fred K6DGW
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Rick Robinson <rickw8zt at gmail.com> wrote:
>I don't want to come off as a "A-Hole" but the use of efhw for any end fed
>antenna is really getting out of hand. We as hams need to step up our game
>in regards to our communication skills of day to day speech. We, as
>hams,are regarded as communication specialists and this should go with our
>speech as well as our knowledge. A efhw is a single band, narrow frequency,
>antenna. It is a half wave of one frequency with regards to the length of
>the antenna with some minor adjustments for its mounting. An end fed
>antenna is just that, a random length of wire fed at one end of the wire. I
>know this may seem to some as being petty but it degrades the knowledge we
>have learned as amateurs. If this persists the ones joining the hobby may
>think that this is an accurate description and then spread this to others,
>as it seems it already has, and dumb down our status within part 97.1 (d)
>Expansion of the existing reservoir within the amateur radio service of
>trained operators, technicians, and electronics experts. My 2 cents.
>
>-- 
>Rick, W8ZT
>
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