We have had great success with end fed half wave dipoles made by LNR Precision without the need for counter poise wires nor even tuners. Specifically we have used the 40-20-10 multi and version which we used for field day this year. When properly tuned at first use, the SWR have been below 1.5 for the bands it was designed for. I use it all the time with KX1 without the need for an ATU. I have made plenty of contacts into eastern Europe which is better than a 1000 miles per watt on a KX1 when used as a vertical or near vertical sloper.
Google Par end fed 40-20-10 and look at the reviews on eHam. Ariel NY4G Sent from my iPad On Jul 1, 2012, at 2:50 PM, "Ronald Nutter" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am putting together a portable QRP kit that I can fly on a plane with > me. Looking at several different antennas. With being a portable > operation, what has worked best for some of you to ground the radio ? I > am seeing references to some of the antennas that they need a > counterpoise wire. Is this in addition to a ground wire ? > > Ron > KA4KYI > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
