Most likely Rick VE5MIR was referring to an End Fed “Long Wire”, commonly called an End Fed non-resonant wire. The performance of this design is well known and “long” considered one of the most versatile antennas available to hams. A simple 9:1 Unun will match a 73’ wire on 40-10 Meters, often times without the need of an external tuner.
In this configuration (End Fed non-resonant wire), the coax is EXPECTED to resonate and will be choked at an established distance from the feedpoint before entering the transceiver’s input and lighting/surge suppression ground point.
Balun or not....a dipole will have a much lower SWR (than 1:1.6), if you simply use 75 ohm coax. This works very well, if you are operating at lower power levels.
Most likely Rick VE5MIR was referring to an End Fed “Long Wire”, commonly called an End Fed non-resonant wire. The performance of this design is well known and “long” considered one of the most versatile antennas available to hams. A simple 9:1 Unun will match a 73’ wire on 40-10 Meters, often times without the need of an external tuner.
Sage advice Dave, Thank you...
Length not length
In this configuration (End Fed non-resonant wire), the coax is EXPECTED to resonate and will be choked at an established distance from the feedpoint before entering the transceiver’s input and lighting/surge suppression ground point.
Expected to “radiate”…
Thank you Dave. Yes, you've answered my questions in flying colors. You are a font of knowledge. Much appreciated.😃
Balun or not....a dipole will have a much lower SWR (than 1:1.6), if you simply use 75 ohm coax. This works very well, if you are operating at lower power levels.
At 7.00-7.15...it is a weird statement Dave..hi..hi..
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Length?
Thanks. Learned a few things. N0QFT