Homebrew HF EFHW antenna for low power SOTA, Parks and field day events. Using a 19.8 metre length of wire mounted as an inverted V, a non-resonant 6.8 metre counterpoise, this antenna is resonant in the 40/20/15/10m bands. At 19.8 metres long, the VSWR is less than 1.5:1 in the voice segments. If your primary…
QRP Multi-band HF EFHW antenna for SOTA Post updated 29 September 2017. I have inserted two additional links for coverage on 17m and 30m. I have changed the counterpoise wire from 1.5 metres to 6.8 metres long. My take on a QRP HF EFHW inverted V antenna designed for use on five amateur radio bands…
Federation Range VK3/VN-003 1453 metres ASL – near Lake Mountain Today is day three of the VK3 tour and the plan is to activate Federation Range followed by lunch at Marysville. Pictures from SOTA activation of Federation Range VK3/VN-003 SOTA 1 Oct 13 Apart from having lots of fun keeping the gear dry and out…
Took a break from the hustle and bustle of Canberra and headed down to Broulee on the NSW South Coast. Broulee is a quiet town with a small general store and a takeaway. On Saturday my wife and I went to Moruya for the well-known Saturday markets where I picked up a 9 metre squid…
EFHW portable antenna for SOTA activations Mention to anyone you are using an EFHW will prompt a discussion about the pros and cons of the EFHW versus the center fed 1/2 wave dipole. There are operators who swear their center fed 1/2 wave dipole is 2 S points better than the EFHW and vice versa.…
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