For One and All,

Check-Out this simple Antenna Design.

No CounterPoise - Portable Antenna System for QRP and QRO
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...a/message/6596

Note - This is a "CLOSED/COMPLETED" eBay Auction
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5828919956

IMAGE = http://www.bellimelgroup.com/images/Antenn1.jpg

eHam "Reviews" for No CounterPoise Protable Antenna System
NCPAS = http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/4762

TECHNICALS :
This No CounterPoise - Portable Antenna Antenna Aystem is
50 feet long and consists of a 25 foot long matching section
and an intregral 25 foot long radiator. The matching section
connects to your tuner or rig with internal tuner using high
quality, color-coded, gold-plated connectors. The Manual
provides complete details on how to use this Antenna.

NOTE - At 50 Feet this End-Fed Half-Wave Dipole Antenna
should be roughly Resonant at 9.35 MHz @ 31 Meter Band.

The Wire Antenna Element 'appears' to be Landscaping Cable
(Heavy Duty Zip Cord) that has Half of One Insulated Wire
Removed and the other Parallel Wire Full Length. Basically
like an End-Fed Dipole or "Zepp" Antenna.

FWIW - This type of "Zepp" Antenna is as old as Radio and is
best known as the "Zepp" Antenna named after the Zeppelin
Airships it was commonly used on.
http://webpages.charter.net/aa5tb/efha.html

What is a Zepp {Zeppelin} Antenna ?
http://www.eham.net/forums/Elmers/80122
The Zepp Antenna first saw daylight on the Graf Zeppelin
on it's round the world flight back in the late 1920's.


PAR Electronics End-Fedz Antenna
http://www.parelectronics.com/end_fedz.htm
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...wire/4456.html

PAR Electronics EF-SWL Antenna
http://www.grove-ent.com/ANT8.html
http://www.parelectronics.com/swl_end.htm
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/sw_ant/2205.html

NOTE - These Antennas are a full length half wave dipoles,
but with an important difference. The coax connector is
at one end of the dipole, where it is most needed. These
Antennas can be mounted Horizontally, Vertically, Sloper
or as an Inverted "L Antenna (My Choice). No Ground Plane
or Counterpoise is needed. Portable operation could not
be easier. Simply hang the far end from a tree limb --
the coax is at the bottom. Hang it up in a hotel window
or string it up in the attic. End insulators are supplied
making suspension easy.

eHam "Reviews" for PAR Electronics EF-SWL Antenna
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/3707
PAR = http://www.parelectronics.com

PAR End-Fed Shortwave Listener's (EF-SWL) Antenna
- by Larry Van Horn [N5FPW]
http://tinyurl.com/cuthy
Source - Monitoring Times - What's New" Reviews MT® 2003


READ - A Tiger by the Tail - or a 135 Foot
End-Fed Multi-Band Dipole Data Compendium
- by L. B. Cebik [W4RNL]
http://www.cebik.com/gup/gup12.html
The End-Fed Zepp Antenna - A 1/2 Wavelength Wire Antenna,
Fed at one End with Parallel Transmission Line is also
known as the End-Fed Zepp Antenna.

End-Fed Half-Wave Antennas - by Joe Everhart [N2CX]
http://www.njqrp.org/n2cxantennas/halfer/
http://www.eham.net/articles/9677

End Fed-Halfe-Wave Antenna
http://www.qsl.net/oe3mzc/hlfewve.htm

Look at the RFD (Resonant Feed-Line Dipole)
http://www.io.com/~n5fc/rfd.htm
- by Monty Northrup [N5ESE]
= = = N5ESE's Ham Radio Page
http://www.io.com/~n5fc/index.html

The End-Fed Halfwave Antenna - AA5TB
http://webpages.charter.net/aa5tb/efha.html

How to Make An End-Fed Halfwave Antenna Work - AA5TB
http://webpages.charter.net/aa5tb/efha_wrk.html

The Resonant Feed-Line Dipole (RFD) Antenna
http://www.wr6wr.com/newSite/article...rials0501.html
by Kurt N. Sterba [WR6WR]

The Vertical End-Fed Halfwave verses an Inverted V Antenna
http://tinyurl.com/792rc
- by Bruce Draper [AA5B]

Use a Horizontal Polarized Pure "Symmetrical" Antenna.
In other words: use a Dipole - by PA0NHC
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pa0nhc/antenne/cobra80/cobra.htm
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pa0nhc/antenne/cobra80/cobra.png

The Versatile End-Fed Wire Antenna
- by Peter Parker [VK3YE]
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~parkerp/nojun98.htm

An End-Fed Half-Wave Antenna
http://www.g3ycc.karoo.net/endfed.htm
Useful for Portable Work
- by Frank [G3YCC]

Stealth Zepp Antenna Images
http://bas.thoen.info/gallery/Stealth-Zepp


zepp-pit-tee do da - iane ~ RHF
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Tous Sont Bienvenus ! - - - Groupe par Radio
d'auditeur d'onde courte pour des Antennes de SWL
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortwave-SWL-Antenna/
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Alle Sind Willkommen ! - - - Shortwave Radiozuhörer
Gruppe für SWL Antennen
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortwave-SWL-Antenna/
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Tutti Sono Benvenuti ! - - - Gruppo Radiofonico
dell'ascoltatore di onda corta per le Antenne di SWL
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortwave-SWL-Antenna/
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Todos São Bem-vindos ! - - - Grupo de Rádio
do ouvinte do Shortwave para Antenas de SWL
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortwave-SWL-Antenna/
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Ð’Ñ�е Ð*адушны ! - - - Группа оператора
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¡Todos Son Agradables! - - - Grupo de Radio del oyente
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortwave-SWL-Antenna/
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortwave-SWL-Antenna/
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