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A no nonsense portable antenna for SOTA & POTA

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  Here's another great post from Montana ham Dennis Lane (KR7Q). In this beautiful video, Dennis discusses his early ham radio "career" and how his ideas about HF antennas have changed over the years. After Dennis shows us his beam antenna, he explains how he got into Parks on the Air (POTA) and SOTA (Summits on the Air) activities.   During these outdoor operations, Dennis realized he need a simple,  " nonsense", cost effective HF antenna for the great outdoors.  In Dennis's opinion, the End Fed Half Wave (EFHW) is the best solution to the portable antenna challenge. Dennis offers many suggestions for creating the EFHW, some of which you may find useful in your situation. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEgUvVFwqSQ. Here are some comments from Dennis (KR7Q): In this video I share some photos of my early days in ham radio. I also give you a glimpse of what a beaut...