Can a non resonant antenna be efficient? It sure can. I show you how to build a non resonant random wire antenna with a 9:1 transformer.
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Timestamp
00:00 Introduction
00:33 End Fed Antennas
01:22 Random wire antennas: long wire or end fed Zepp
03:11 Wire Lengths are important
04:09 Ferrite cores and wire
06:55 Building the 9:1 transformer
09:28 Installing the antenna
11:05 Testing and making contacts
15:12 Advantages and Disadvantages of non resonant antennas
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