One advantage of the end fed half wave antenna over an end fed random wire antenna is that it can be used on bands harmonically related to the band it is cut for without a tuner.
Enfed antenna for short attic.
The better your antenna the more success you will have making contacts.
The par electronics ef swl is an end fed short wave antenna optimally designed for 1 30 mhz reception.
That would make your end fed antenna 150 feet long which is not a problem in itself.
Ehrenfried g8jnj i ve recently been looking at designs for an efficient antenna that would fit in a loft.
This was installed at a previous qth i will be the first or millionth remember i m from fl to affirm that the antenna is the determining factor for success when it comes to one s station set up.
Need lots of room keep them away from metal objects like heaters and ducts wire antennas can be run near the peak of the roof inside the attic bent in odd shapes to match the space available.
In the uppermost space i had already installed a 6m horizontal loop and two perpendicular noise canceller sense dipoles along with a weather satellite fig.
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The radiator is 45 feet of genuine 14 black polyethylene coated flex weave wire.
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Kløs kløss attic antenna array operates from 50 mhz through 432 mhz.
This material is very strong yet can easily be coiled like a rope for portable work.
So one cut for 40 meters for example can be used on 20 15 and 10 meters without a tuner to use it on 30 12 and 24 meters does require a tuner.
We re blessed with three large floored attic spaces in our home.
Another stopgap measure would be to replace the coax with a length of insulated copper wire connected to the hi z terminal on the back panel of the frg 8800.
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The wire itself consists of 168 strands of 36 gauge woven copper.
2 and two vhf uhf discone antennas.
The infamous attic dipole.
The floating coax shield but you will introduce another potential source of.
You would eliminate a source of unwanted interference.
I hoped to find something that would work on with a 100 watt hf transceiver on all bands from 80m through to 6m.