Amateur Radio - Japan to Cyprus 20m DXCC Ionoscatter Propagation

[@funlikeeee6298]

That's awesome equipment !

[@adriansalt4521]

Ah thank you! Yes, I made the antenna myself which was very rewarding! I'm now trying out an EFHW antenna which is working out great. Managed to contact a station in the Arctic Circle yesterday with it!

[@funlikeeee6298]

@@adriansalt4521 The Arctic Circle, incredible:D It would be nice to have a video on how you made it!

[@yitzimarks6336]

Wow that's amazing! What kind of antenna is that?

[@adriansalt4521]

Hey! great question! It's called a Half Wave End Fed or EFHW for short. It's just like a dipole but has the advantage that it only needs to be fed at the end of the antenna, whereas a dipole needs to be fed at the centre. You therefore only need support it from on end.

[@adriansalt4521]

Sorry, got confused with my adventures on another day! This is a classical half-wave dipole, centre fed. The end fed is what I used for 20m Transmitting activations.