[TowerTalk] Wire antenna?

[David Gilbert]

All true, but I'd bet that the folks who think an end fed wire makes a 
good all band antenna don't much care about pattern.  If they can feed 
it and make random contacts without burning up their rig they're happy.

For me, I want to know (and be able to control) where my RF is going.

73,
Dave   AB7E


On 7/2/2019 8:49 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
>
>
> This just reinforces the notion that the
> EFHW should be considered a single band antenna, on
> the frequency where the wire length produces half
> wave resonance, as indicated by a high resistive
> drive impedance.  This will be a few percent less
> than a half wave in free space.
>
> For higher frequencies, the "magic" goes away and
> it becomes a glorified "random wire" requiring a legitimate
> counterpoise.
>
> Random wires (> 1/2 wave) have random patterns!
>
> Rick N6RK