end fed antenna reccomendations
 

Finally got my antenna mast erected today, and am now on the prowl for an
end fed shortwave antenna to attach to it, and am soliciting recommendations
please . . .

end fed antenna reccomendations
 

I will be setting up my RF Systems MLBA Mk-4 tomorrow (66 ft). It's all
stainless steel since I live in the northeast near the ocean.

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html
"Lisa Simpson" wrote in message
. ..
Finally got my antenna mast erected today, and am now on the prowl for an
end fed shortwave antenna to attach to it, and am soliciting
recommendations
please . . .

End Fed Shortwave Listening (SWL) Antenna Reccomendations ?
 

- Lisa Simpson wrote:
- Finally got my antenna mast erected today, and am now on
- the prowl for an end fed shortwave antenna to attach to it,
- and am soliciting recommendations please . . .

LS,

1 - My choice for simple and easy would be the Par Electronics
End-Fed Shortwave Listening (EF-SWL) Antenna.
http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/mt2003reviews.html
http://www.parelectronics.com/swl_end.htm
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/3707
http://www.grove-ent.com/ANT8.html
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/sw_ant/2205.html

Rig {Set-Up} the 45 Foot Wire Antenna Element as a
15 Foot Vertical-Up-Leg by 30 Foot Horizontal-Out-Arm
configured as an Inverted "L" {Low Noise} Antenna using
a Coax Cable feed-in-line and remote Ground Rod.

The Par EF-SWL uses a Wire Antenna Element that is
# 14 AWG "Flex-Weave" Insulated Wire that is made up
of 168 Strands of #36 Gauge Copper Wire.

Gives good all-around Shortwave Band reception and
works well on the AM/MW Band Antenna too.

Note - More of RHF's posts here on RRS about the Par
Electronics EF-SWL Antenna = http://tinyurl.com/s8yua


2 - Another 'alternative' would be one of these RF Junkie
Matching Transformers with a Shortwave Listening (SWL)
Antenna of your own making :

* RF Junkie 'introduces' new SWLZ Balun
using "F" Connector for use with RG6 Coax Cable
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...b90bced20caa9d

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...4ed98cedc9e5eb

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...80b823057d9744
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...b07e98a66ab88b


* LMZ-75 Shortwave Listener (SWL) Longwire Antenna
{Random Wire} Impedance Matcher
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...77c0e9783e7421

* Rigging - The LMZ-75, SWLZ and RF Systems MLB
(Magnetic LongWire Balun)
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...6df0ac85d0fbea


Note - More of RHF's posts here on RRS about the RF Junkie
Matching Transformers = http://tinyurl.com/myxe8


iane ~ RHF

End Fed Shortwave Listening (SWL) Antenna Reccomendations ?
 

On 30 Jul 2006 00:31:03 -0700, "RHF"
wrote:

- Lisa Simpson wrote:
- Finally got my antenna mast erected today, and am now on
- the prowl for an end fed shortwave antenna to attach to it,
- and am soliciting recommendations please . . .


http://www.geocities.com/qrp_baluns/lm.html

end fed antenna reccomendations
 

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 02:23:43 GMT, "Lisa Simpson"
wrote:

Finally got my antenna mast erected today, and am now on the prowl for an
end fed shortwave antenna to attach to it, and am soliciting recommendations
please . . .


Attach a piece of wire to the center pin of a coax plug, screw the
plug onto your radio, run the wire out your window, up your mast,
across the yard, however long you want it to be.

That's a description of my 20 meter end fed wire (okay, it goes
through a tuner, but if you're not transmitting, there's no need to
use one).

You might be surprised how **little** house noise you pick up, running
a wire directly into the window, sans coax.

bob
k5qwg