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How To Make A Linked EFHW End Fed Half Wave Antenna

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You Can Make Links For Any Bands You Want. This Is How I Make The PackTenna Linked EFHW with the K8MRD Mod. Resonant on 40, 20, 17, 15, & 10 Meter Ham Radio bands. NO TUNER NEEDED! Want 12 Meters too? Add A Link For 12 Meters. Want 30 Meters as well? Add A Link For 30 Meters. You Can Make As Many Links For As Many Bands You Want!
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20 Comments

@kc9isg037 7 months ago

Also where can I get the crimping parts and crimping tool from and where to get the banana clips from? Or should I say the best place to get them from? I want to be cheap but good quality if all possible.??

@kc9isg037 7 months ago

Also can the wire you used can it handle 100watts?

@kc9isg037 7 months ago (edited)

How can I make an antenna that covers 80,40,20,17,15,10 meter bands and have it so I can hook up a pl259 to it?

@JoeKrol 10 months ago

Fantastic video thank you!!! Newbie questions here. Is the antenna length indicated at the bend or the tip that connects? Does doing this affect the length of the counterpoise?

@kakugo44 1 year ago

What the heck is a sennameter? 😝 😂

@Sarah-AD9FA 1 year ago

Mike. I ordered the 2mm banana connectors from your amazon list for antennas and accessories. Only what I got was not what was pictured in the listing. The end that the wire goes into is on 3/32" deep and no hole to feed the solder. I think the seller changed the product but left the pics of the old product. Just giving you a heads up since it's in your recomended Amazon list.

@billjennings2931 1 year ago

Where do you get the s-biners that have the strain relief holes?

@juanm.jimenez1015 1 year ago

Hi Mike, thank you for the great video. I am in the process of building the antenna and have pretty much everything I need now. However, the ferrules I ordered from the link (N25007) are too small. The other link is for ferrules that are even smaller and I have not seen any ferrules that could fit on the ferrules direct website. Can you share the link to the correct ferrules you are using? Please thank you

@idostuff-nf9pc 1 year ago (edited)

Love it.. very helpful.. However, I don't understand what happened with the 17M element. If you built it, tuned it.. why did you have to rebuild it? I've never built an EFHW and am ready to give it a go. Low level answer, if you will.. I'm not the brightest bulb in the box.

@alleycatjack4562 1 year ago

I'm going to be building one of these as soon as parts arrive. I have a question, though. I intend to use a counterpoise with mine. Would it be advisable to make the counterpoise linked as well for each band, or would a single length work well for them all?

@unclerojelio6320 1 year ago (edited)

Hello fellow Texan. Which RigExpert analyzer do you use?

@randallhash9283 1 year ago

I’d like to have one but they are never in stock

@karlweitzman8501 1 year ago

Have you done pota using ft4.

@bendav 2 years ago

Mike - I like this multi purpose antenna, but what do you use to put the antenna up for 40M? Do you throw it in a tree, use inverted L, sloper, or ??? Can't imagine a mast that would get that sucker up vertical!