[Elecraft] [OT] end-fed halfwave antennas

[Robert Vargas-KP4Y]

Agree...I'm a big fan of EFHW. I have made comparisons between an HFHW with a short radial and 1/4 WL with a few radials and the EFHW beats the 1/4 WL 100% hands down. This is a great example of empirical results speaking louder than theoretical predictions. 

73,
Robert-KP4Y/W4 

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> On Feb 14, 2017, at 1:19 PM, Gil G. via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> I will second Guy here.
> The best antenna I have ever used is the vertical EFHW. I never used a counterpoise wire, never felt that tingling in your fingers you might feel with a random wire and a metal key.
> I have used 100mW to 500mW regularly with end feds with great results, single hop up to 1300 miles, 5K miles on 1W.
> I say that having built all kinds of antennas and used them in all sorts of configurations, random wires, with and without counterpoises, slopers, inverted Vs, dipole, Windom, magnetic loops, quad, short whips, yagi, and except for the beams nothing beats the EFHW!
> A horizontal dipole might perform as well but they are rarely high enough to perform as well, except of course for NVIS on the lower bands, and then, a horizontal EFHW will work as well.
> The only antenna that came close in performance was a large magnetic loop.
> Whatever the theory says, I am talking about real in-the-field performance where nothing comes close.
> Gil
> AK4YH & F4WBY
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