end fed antenna reccomendations

[Lisa Simpson]

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 . . .

[Brian Denley]

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.

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Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html
"Lisa Simpson" <no...@none.com> wrote in message
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[Steve]

Please tell us how you like the MLBA Mk-4. The world can't have too
many antenna reviews.

Steve

[RHF]

- 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.radio.shortwave/msg/a9b90bced20caa9d

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/msg/674ed98cedc9e5eb

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/msg/0380b823057d9744
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/msg/49b07e98a66ab88b

* LMZ-75 Shortwave Listener (SWL) Longwire Antenna
{Random Wire} Impedance Matcher
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/msg/f577c0e9783e7421

* Rigging - The LMZ-75, SWLZ and RF Systems MLB
(Magnetic LongWire Balun)
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/msg/9b6df0ac85d0fbea

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

iane ~ RHF
.
Shortwave Listener Antennas => http://tinyurl.com/ogvcf
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortwave-SWL-Antenna/
SWL Antenna Group => http://tinyurl.com/ogvcf
.
The Shortwave Listener's Blessing :
SWL BLESSING => http://tinyurl.com/s2bjm
May You Never Tire of Listening to the Radio and Always
have Strong Signals and Noise Free Reception ~ RHF {ibid}
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortwave-SWL-Antenna/message/9233
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[David]

On 30 Jul 2006 00:31:03 -0700, "RHF" <rhf-new...@pacbell.net>
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

[Bob Miller]

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 02:23:43 GMT, "Lisa Simpson" <no...@none.com>
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