On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:09:16 -0700 (PDT), wxviewer wrote:

On Friday, February 22, 2013 8:02:39 PM UTC-5, Bob wrote:
I purchased an Ultimax100 end fed antenna, and am curious if anyone here has

used one before and if you have any advice on the best orientation for it,

horizontal, vertical, or slope? I checked eHam.net for reviews and they were

favorable, 4+'s and 5's.



Thanks,

Bob KB2ZGN

I personally know 3 hams that use the same end fed as you and have been having incredible results. In addition they are using the FT-950 and LDG AT-100 tuner and have been racking up the contact. Me on the other hand am using the ZS6BKW dipole and have found good success as well.

Bob-WX2I

I don't know what happened, must have hit the wrong key. All of a sudden the
message I was typing disappeared!

Anyway, it's nice to know others are having good results with it. You made me
curious about the ZS6BKW so I looked it up. I'm afraid it's too long for my
situation unfortunately, but it sounds like a nice G5RV variant. I don't recall
if I mentioned, but I'm using it with an IC-7000 and an LDG IT-100 AT. It amazes
me that it tunes from 160 through 6 meters with low SWR ratios. I'm very pleased
with it so far, but I do want to see if I can find a second, (or more) alternate
antenna(s) to try out against it. One of the joys of renting is having to assure
my Luddite landlord that even just the one antenna isn't going to cause death
and destruction! ;-) Unfortunately the property isn't much larger than the area
the house sits in, so space is at a premium.

Thanks again Bob & 73,
Bob KB2ZGN