I keep coming back to the efhw as my go to straight up and away antenna. Four bands, no tuner, great performance.. what’s not to love with 20m/66 feet of wire?! Connect with my channel by subscribing and commenting.
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@johnnorth93552 жыл бұрын
Great stuff Tim. Anyone starting off in HF should watch this and go this way for their first (low cost) antenna. I have mine in a crazy configuration to keep the wife happy that it does not spoil her garden and it still works well. Can't wait for the warmer weather so I can go on the hills with a simple inverted V setup either. With just 10 watts you can get some real distance when conditions are right. M7BLC
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Thank you John. Yes they are very tolerable to bending and that’s useful when keeping the wife happy! 73
@antenaseinterfacescb2 жыл бұрын
Great project Tim 7351. During two years I've made a study about this antenna, for 11 meters. Trying some toroids and one that works perfectly is from an old TV. So since 2022 I've made 5 antenna's, and that's my core business now in Portugal, with the Vertical End Feed JS20 Portable/Fixed. This antenna works perfectly from 20 meters to 10 meters without tuner. 7351 and good work Tim. Working with one from my QTH in Cartaxo compared to A99 receive a Tx better without qrm.
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Sounds very good!!
@paulcheesmur18582 жыл бұрын
Hi Tim, Loving the content, Keep the videos coming. I just brought an end fed Half wave and 10m Spiderbeam pole for my small garden. Only passed a few weeks ago. I wasn't sure weather to buy a vertical or end fed wire but decided I can try different set up's with the wire. I also brought the Telescopic Antenna and Loading Coil for mobile use which I have set up in the garden on the Ground mount that M1Ecc sells which works Great. The End fed half wave is in the post to me from UK antennas so i'm just playing with the Telescopic. Having Fun. Thanks Tim
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
First of all congratulations on passing! You’ll enjoy the efhw it’s a great antenna. Appreciate your support too thanks!
@paulcheesmur18582 жыл бұрын
@@timg5tm941 Hi Tim. I will be putting up the end fed half wave in the next few day in a inverted vee configuration. The 49-1 transformer Will be up off the ground around 6m high and the centre of the wire around 11m high and it will run along to sides of my small garden. One leg will run east, West and the other north, south. Do I need to earth the matching unit? 7m long earth wire might affect the antenna? What's your view? Thankyou for your help.
@ricktherecorder44162 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I’d call a half-wave wire an aerial. Antennas are pointy sticks, at least in the UK.
@rivit90 Жыл бұрын
Hey Tim good shout regards the 10 meter band opening up ,, it's fantastic at the moment 😊👍
@timg5tm941 Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 10 is rocking 👍
@timbookedtwo23752 жыл бұрын
I, too, enjoy using end fed half wave antennas. Currently, they are the only kind I have set up. I have a couple of mono-band antennas (2, 6, 10, 11, 15, 20m) and a multi-band antenna (10, 15,20, 40 and 80m). They are all resonant antennas (no "tuner" required). Of course, I don't have them all mounted at the same time. I hang the mono-band antennas vertically from a 12m Spiderbeam mast. They are from a German company and use no conventional matching unit, but rather a window line stub with a slider on it to adjust the SWR, very good solution when operating portable. The multi-band antenna is from a Dutch company and is 23 meters long. At the end is a coil and about 2-3 meters of additional wire for the 80m portion. The bandwidth is rather narrow, but if you want, you can adjust the length of the wire and get good resonance on any part of the 80m band that has no effect on the other bands. I have it configured as a sloper, the matching unit about 2m above ground, the high end about 12 meters above the ground. (I have the real estate for that configuration). Interestingly, there is some directivity (gain) in the direction of the slope. For good measure I did connect an auto-tuner to the antenna near the feed point and can get a match on the WARC bands and 160m band. It works. Kind of. Oh, one last thing. For none of these antennas is a counterpoise or ground necessary. Grounding the big antenna might be good to bleed off static electricity on the wire. Of course, if I had the money and the okay from my SYL I would like to put up a 20m tower and beam antenna. But that ain't gonna happen in my lifetime. Vy 73!
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a good collection!
@rivit902 жыл бұрын
Great video Tim as usual very informative, efhw antennas are super convenient, I myself did a bit of experimenting during the summer . I was interested in how a 20 meter band full half wave vertical would perform. Using a 10 meter DX commander pole and a 49:1 transformer I set it up , in a word phenominal ! . 10 meter band also fantastic. I actually connected a CB radio to it and a manual atu , It blew a imax200 5/8 wave CB antenna out of the water ! Everyone should own a 49:1 transformer Keep up the great work Tim and have a great weekend 👍 73s
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
That’s really kind of you! Yes I agree they are very adaptable and useful antennas 73
@theoldhobbit36402 жыл бұрын
Hi Tim, I remember watching a video of yours some time ago on the EFHW (49:1) and decided to make a couple of my own for QRP/P work. They work a treat and I never go anywhere without one. Unfortunately I do not have HF capability at home, but my /P makes up for that. Thanks for sharing......
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. Take care! 73
@M0RMY2 жыл бұрын
Really good Tim - informative and useful for small gardens etc. I love the smell of hot ferrite!! 😀
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
In the morning? 🤣
@StuartM0TTQAmateurRadio2 жыл бұрын
That's very similar to my arrangement at home, except I have the transformer about 2m up a 10m pole. So it goes up about 8m, down for 10m at about 45 degrees to a 3m pole and 2m fold back horizontally. All been swinging around nicely in the winds this weekend!
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Sounds familiar!
@DrHWO2 жыл бұрын
Nice video Tim. I have a similarly deployed EFHW which works very well. I have compared the placement of the longest vertical section between 2 positions. First was 2m from the house and second 10m from the house. Over a 4 week spell of each, the second position was 2S points lower in noise than the first. I guess the vertically polarised QRM sources in the house have decayed more at 10m. Keep up the good work. 73, M0YZT
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yes being further away from the house will certainly reduce noise. They work well for sure, thanks for your support! 73
@livingadamman79942 жыл бұрын
Nice one Tim, great video thanks
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
@stevesomers73662 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Tim. Very informative. I have the same end-fed antenna. It's a great compromise without much performance compromise at all. I'm passing a link to your video on to my nephew, KN6PIL, to consider. 73, AE6SS
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Thanks Steve .. they work well. 73 to you and your nephew
@782matt22 жыл бұрын
Hi Tim............Interesting video.................I have been using EFHW for a few years now (from Uk Antennas )....Even though its meant to be for 40/20/15/10 I still find I can use this antenna on 17 and 12 using the ATU inside the radio with very good results.................I would recommend this type of antenna to anyone ............My antenna is an inverted L and I have had very good results........Best 73s ............Matt
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Thank you Matt.. they certainly work well 73
@DK5ONV2 жыл бұрын
Hello Tim. I am a very happy EFHW User. I have 5 Enfed Antennas now 49:1 and 9:1UNUN Baluns. Shortest 48:1 has 11,90m lenght (39,1ft. with 34µH extension coil for the 40m Band) and the long wire Version 20,45m (67ft.) Lenght. The 9:1UNUN 's are 26,50m (87ft.) and 40,56m (133ft.) lenght. There's longer wire versions available to choose if someone has the Space for it to install such a Beast. I worked the whole World with these antennas as a portable station. I kinda fell in love with wire antennas...thx for the Video, Tim. Have a nice sunday. 73 de Your Friend Uncle Guenter
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Thanks Guenter you take care 73
@markg6jvy1352 жыл бұрын
Nice 👍👏👏
@MatFarringtonInfo2 жыл бұрын
At 7:16 you show us the current distribution on 15m. Being an end fed I would have expected the current to be closer to zero at the feed point.
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Not really. Although you are correct that the efhw is a voltage fed antenna, the current maximum of a single half wave is at quarter wave distance from the feedpoint. In this case for 15m this is just around 3.3m (11 feet) from the base. Of course, there will also be a steady growth of rf as we approach that point of current maxima from the feedpoint. 73
@willian.direction67402 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tim I have a link in mine at 15.6m it gives 9.6 mhz 18 mhz 24 mhz on same wire. Slight miss match for 30m but it works well on 18mhz. Close link and it works on other bands. Some fine tuning may be required to suit other "gardens" elsewhere. I been chasing JA SOTA ops with my FT 817 in my yard with it, this config gives best results on 15m 17m . vk5cz ..
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Sounds very good
@kirkp_nextguitar Жыл бұрын
Since you state that no tuner is required I expected to see SWR or impedance data, but I only see pattern predictions. I’d expect some kind of tuner to be required to have a good match at all those bands. I’d like to see VNA SWR and Smith Chart sweep at each band. That’s how I’m evaluating theEFHW antenna I’m currently working on. But it includes a simple tuner.
@timg5tm941 Жыл бұрын
The 49:1 transformer transforms high impedances when bands are a half wave or multiple thereof. No tuner is needed. So for example a 66 foot wire fed with the 49:1 provides a good vswr on 40(1/2): 20 (full); 15 (1.5 wave); 10 (2 wave). Only warc bands would need a tuner but losses would be high and power should be reduced a lot so as to avoid overheating the transformer. 73
@brentjohnson66542 жыл бұрын
Another good video. I am considering this for POTA. I want to throw wire antennas in the tree or a mast mounted to the vehicle.
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Plenty use them for POTA and enjoy the results 👍
@eddien2gsl2 жыл бұрын
Keep these great videos coming. I am also am a fan of EFHW antennas. I am going to be looking at using a choke coil for 20 meter resonance with a length of wire on top of the coil to resonate on 40 meters. This should result in a total length of 12.5m (41ft.) which is doable for a vertical orientation. This configuration should be resonant on 20, 40 and 10 meters. As a vertical it will easily fit in a small garden and the far field should behave as a vertical with no worries about ground radials as needed for 1/4 wave verticals.
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Good point, those shortened ones work quite well on 40. Apprentice your support 73
@brian.79662 жыл бұрын
Hi Tim, I have been using a 40 meter half wave for some time I get great results, I also have a coil fitted so I can get onto 80 meters also without using a tuner.
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Good antenna for limited space on 80
@paulsengupta9712 жыл бұрын
@@timg5tm941 Tim, you seem to have a bit of vertical space at the far end of your antenna - maybe you could put in a loading coil/choke for 80m with its tail just hanging down and seeing if you could have the antenna be usable on 80m?
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
@@paulsengupta971 good idea 👍
@cnick62 жыл бұрын
Personally, this isn't the issue for me -- it's getting on 160 or 80 that's the real challenge with limited space. ;o)
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Indeed it is
@Jonshome3372 жыл бұрын
Any chance of a tutorial on the modelling software you use?
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Check out DX commander and his modelling vids .. he’s done beginners tutorials on there
@wx0mik2 жыл бұрын
I love my EFHW, it just needs some better tuning. I have the 80m version. I have worked the world from it. Long story short, I tired to tune it and ended cutting off way too much (do to a crappy nanoVNA). I will likely fix that this year. I can tune every band but 10m. As that opens, I want to make sure I have 10 working.
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
They work great!
@fpaolo632 жыл бұрын
pls share a picture of the installation :)
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
I will once installed 73
@nickbernstein2 жыл бұрын
I've tried using a 49:1 EFHW but the coax seemed to be picking up rf and transmitting it back into the house. I need to try adding a choke, but I think that's a somewhat common problem with them as the coax effectively acts as the CP.
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
The solution many use is to run the coax about 5% of lowest wavelength from the 49:1.. then common mode choke.. then coax to radio.
@franciscoalves50582 жыл бұрын
Please send me a project antenna 10 -80m.
@2E0RME2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for these uploads, they're really useful. How does your EFHW compare in terms of DX to your Ampro whips (20m or higher) when portable?he
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
EFHW are more efficient but being near the sea compensates a lot when using the Ampro
@joekrepps2 жыл бұрын
Hi Tim, Always enjoy your videos! Would this antenna need a counterpoise or does that depend on each installation? Also is there a minimum length of coax or does that depend on the individual installation? Very best 73’s! WB3CFN
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Hi Joe. At 100 watts or less I have found no counterpoise is fine. Coax has been variable lengths and so far no issues 73
@johnpeterson72642 жыл бұрын
Great video as always ! Which balun do you think is the best choice to feed this ?
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Hi John any 49:1 transformer
@RadioMalopolska2 жыл бұрын
SHON SHEEP ..:) . 73! South Poland .. SQ9FCB
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
That’s him! 73
@kellypaws2 жыл бұрын
I tend to get the RFI from Hell with multi bend HWEFs. I have more coax chokes and ferrite beads than you can shake a stick at, but still a very unhappy solution.
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Ah luckily thats something I’ve yet to encounter
@kellypaws2 жыл бұрын
@@timg5tm941 Borrow a legal limit linear and test the system with that. Magically, it shall most very likely appear. Whilst you might not operate QRO often. or at all, the RFI is still leaking back. People claim HWEFs are resonant and have no need for grounding/radials. Including some manufacturers. Not so. Not so at all. At the very, very least, I'd have a 49:1 transformer with a grounding terminal and make sure it has either radials, or a good ground rod. Also an RF choke.
@markdavies78272 жыл бұрын
Hi Tim Great antenna and good to see it modelled Where are you from Mark 2w0mtd
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
Cheers Mark, originally Llanelli, now West Sussex. 73
@andrewford27832 жыл бұрын
Bore Da Mark, to paraphrase... You can take the man out of GW.... But can't take GW out of the man! I got my ticket back in 1974, and after many years of being silent, as I am due to retire soon, this wonderful hobby is overdue in being revived. That end fed would be ideally suited to my home as space is restricted too. I was in college in 1974 in the then Llandaff Technical College, Cardiff, doing an electronics course. My license has long lapsed, but I believe, they are not re- allocated, so GW8JHT may be back flooding the ether fairly soon. I had a part-time Saturday job back then and saved my pennies to buy a brand spanking new shiny Yeasu FR-50b, which was connected to a 200ft long wire going into a tree across the field in front of my parents house in Pontyclun. I distinctly remember that most mornings, ZL1GG would pound in on 20mt 5/9++. I tried explaining to my mother that he was on the other side of the world, it was lost on her😄 Things are very different now, and my (then) 'B' license is now like an 'A' ? I've still got my 2mt Trio rig, but QRP interests me. Time to get building and buy an Altoids tin 😄 My work took me to Llanelli this week, and I parked in Cowell street. Looking up, there was a large old sign on the shop fronts 'Pugh Brothers'. I guess you will remember. 73's.
@andrewford27832 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I meant TIM of course Dog.
@andrewford27832 жыл бұрын
DOHHH. What am I like!
@BoB4jjjjs2 жыл бұрын
I hope Shaun the Sheep agrees. 🤣
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
He sure does!!!!
@LarryAnderson-i2s4 күн бұрын
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@timg5tm9414 күн бұрын
@@LarryAnderson-i2s 🤔
@dodegkr2 жыл бұрын
Do you ground it with a stake or do you have radials?
@timg5tm9412 жыл бұрын
No ground. No radials. Optional choke at 2m or so from feedpoint.
@dodegkr2 жыл бұрын
@@timg5tm941 interesting, I bought one recently and it has an earth lug, tried it with radial and stake and the ftdx10 will only tune 10mhz upwards with resonance in the cb band everything else circa and swr of 6 or worse. Inverted l up a dx commander 10m pole to top of house 20m away