The horizontal HF antenna is a 73 foot MyAntennas EFLW-3K end-fed long wire. The low end of the antenna is up at about 30 feet and the high end is up at about 60 feet. It is fed with RG-213U coax. There is a MyAntennas CMC-130-3K line isolator about halfway through the coax run to keep any stray RF out of the shack.
There are 3 counterpoise wires (approximately 30, 40 and 66 feet in length) attached to the 8 foot ground rod on the side of the house. These wires are buried about 3 inches below grade.
This antenna runs over the stream in my back yard and the 66 foot counterpoise wire is attached to an 8 foot ground rod that is grounded into the stream which drains into the Delaware river which is about 3/4 of a mile away.
The vertical HF antenna was made from a CB antenna, it is about 17 and a half feet long. It has an SWR of 1.2:1 on 28.400 MHz. The SWR is 2:1 or less across the entire 10 meter band.
It is fed with RG-8X coax and it also uses a CMC-130-3K line isolator about halfway through the coax run to keep RF out of the shack.
This antenna also works great on 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters when it is tuned with my Palstar AT2K antenna tuner. It acts as an end-fed vertical and uses the same counterpoise system as the end-fed long wire.
A Comet GP-6 on a roof vent pipe is used for 2M/440 FM as well as a Ringo ARX-2 for 2 meter FM. A pair of horizontally phased loops and an 8 element quad that are supported by telescoping masts on my deck are used for 2 meter SSB.
For 220, I use a Hustler G7-220 mono-band vertical up at about 36 feet mounted to my deck with a home-made standoff bracket to the eave of the house on a 36 foot push-up mast. This antenna is built like a commercial grade antenna, Let's keep 220 Alive!
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