"Irv Finkleman" wrote in message
news:BW4ai.6472$xq1.1239@pd7urf1no...
Nick wrote:
I am wanting to experiment making vertical whips, end fed,...

End fed whips? Is there some other way they are fed? In the
middle?
At the other end? Am I missing something (and at my age that is
likely)?

Irv VE6BP

Good points guys...
( I guess a vertical dipole could be fed elsewhere ( centre / 1/3rd
of the way up etc.... )

I elaborate...

End fed half wave dipoles was the original intention, but as JS
remarked, an end fed 5/8ths
seems more interesting.....

One of my applications is for an aerial mounted on a motorcycle
windscreen, fed with
50 ohm co-ax for inter-bike comms... 70 cms (or possibly 2 mtrs)
but needs to be ground plane independent, hence the thought of a
half wave ...

Another is a 16 foot whip for 10 mtrs ....... probably mounted just
under the house gutter

I just want to make myself something for the interest rather than
buy something

Thanks,

Nick