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
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