How to build inexpensive, simple ham radio antennas.
Gain with one wire: Trying an end fed zig zag.
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If you need more performance on the higher HF bands (20m-10m), please try this EFZZ (end fed zig zag) antenna from Peter Parker (VK3YE).
Peter says this end fed variant works well and apparently gives a bit of gain.
The antenna is easy make and uses less space than a regular end fed antenna.
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Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).
Here are some comments from Peter (VK3YE):
End-fed wires are popular for the HF bands but amateurs don't always get the most benefit from them. Especially in the 14 - 28 MHz range. Here I try an antenna that I call an End Fed Zig Zag (EFZZ) on 21 MHz WSPR across the Pacific Ocean between Australia and North America.
Contents:
0:01 Introduction
1:26 What we pay too much and too little attention to
2:34 Some other types of antennas
3:18 Introducing the End Fed Zig Zag (EFZZ)
5:20 In the field
7:53 Analysis of results
10:10 Other things to try (including 28 MHz version)
11:54 Summary
12:27 Books
144 MHz variant: Change the orientation and get one that's horizontally polarised. You can also feed it in the middle of one of the elements. See https://www.qsl.net/dk7zb/zigzag/zz-E...
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