[Elecraft] Long wire antennas MORE

[Wes Stewart]

I thought to add my two cents then I figured I ain't gonna smack this tar baby.;-)

On 1/13/2018 1:57 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
>
> "​Isn't Semantics fun?​"
>
> True.  ;)
>
> Well, I rarely get hung up on the terms people use as long as we all know what 
> we mean when we call it whatever we are calling it. My problem with the term 
> "counterpoise" as applied to an EFHW antenna is that it pretends that the 
> extra length of wire is something other than a way to shift the feedpoint 
> toward off-center instead of off-end.  In my opinion it's misleading in terms 
> of how the thing actually functions.
>
> Dave   AB7E