[Elecraft] EFHW

[Morgan Bailey, II]

I can vouch for the EFHW.  It works great.  I built a parallel tuned
circuit using a roller inductor and a 15-350pf cap.  I have used this
several times on 20 meters feeding a 33.5 foot vertical wire.  I use about
4 10 foot radials, which is probably overkill, and run it through a good
choke and it has been a great performer.  I have also used this box to feed
a 20 and 40 meter halfsquare.  I have ran 500 watts through both the half
square and the 20 meter EFHW with no arcing and an SWR  < 1.5 and a
reactance of 3 or 4.  No problems, works great.

The only issue I have had is that the EFHW tends to be a little bit noisier
than a traditional vertical, but I can put this antenna up and operate in
less than 10 minutes so it's worth the small amount of extra noise.

73, Morgan, NS0R