[TowerTalk] Wire antenna?

[jimlux]

On 7/1/19 8:24 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:

> 
> Beyond that, the marketing idea of a multiband end fed wire is just
> a fantasy.  The pattern on the higher bands will be full of lobes,
> and the drive impedance will be all over the place.  Ignore reviews
> by low information users.  You would be advised to have a separate
> EFHW for each band.
> 
> The best thing a wire antenna user can do is to make all wire
> antennas monoband.  Most of the mischief having to do with wires
> occurs when people attempt to broadband them.
> 

hence the "fan monopole" or "fan dipole", especially with a tuner (or 
attenuator to make the amplifier happy)