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Any antenna is helpful if I decide to build it. Due to living in a wind infested area I try to build big wire antenna's but not able to keep them up for a long period of time because of it and when a good day comes my way I extend it and get on the circuit. There are alot of smaller wire...

Sometimes bigger isn't better but in my case I have to wait until the winds in my area die down before I can raise it back up. My extended double zepp is the cats meow of vertical dipoles. Hopefully I will get a chance to see it's power again.

I'm talking on my EDZ now but due to the high winds in my area I can't raise it up so I put the bottom wire at a 45 degree downward angle and at 15' off the ground I still have qso's 20-70 miles away. Looking forward to when I get a good day without any wind so I can fully extend it.

The extended double zepp dipole antenna I'm using is 1.25 wavelength vertical wire antenna which has a 3db gain over a regular dipole. This antenna doubles the power that's put into which is keeping me from wanting to build anything else at the moment. Maybe in the near future I might decide to...

It's a awesome looking antenna but I decided to stay with my extended double zepp dipole antenna for the time being to see how good it performs due it having a 6.4db gain. In the past I didn't give this antenna a chance due to listening to what the other's on the circuit said and went and built...

Never tried building the Bisquare due to wanting a 360 degree radiation pattern but I will take a look at it for maybe a future project. How good is it compared to the extended double zepp for groundwave/skywave propagation conditions?

I love building wire antenna's except I don't stay with one for a long period of time. This 11m extended double zepp I will because it has a good radiation pattern and stands out like a search light amongst candle's to go along with being able to keep up with a 3 element vertical beam in a 360...

For now I going to stay with the EDZ due already having built the HDZ which was okay but I wanted to experiment more and move up in size. The EDZ is the cats meow of vertical dipole antennas. Afterwards I will embark on something that has more gain/directivity.

It doubles the power that's put into it and because of its size it has some amazing sensitivity/selectivity depending on the transceiver being used. Alot of these antenna's aren't being built because operator's think aluminium is better. Wire antenna's are some of the best on the circuit and can...

The vertical is just as good as the horizontal and when it comes to skywave propagation conditions it doesn't matter. To many people talk down about due to area they live in after it didn't perform the way they wanted. Every geographical area is different because of the soil/height above ground.

The extended double zepp in my opinion is the best full size vertical antenna that has ever been made. It can compete with a 3 element beam in a 360 degree radius and has been known to talk over 100 + miles when groundwave propagation conditions are good. Its a beast and not for everyone. The...

I only use it when I want to talk other then that I keep it lowered like a tower. I live in a area that has alot of wind so I had to build it to adapt to the environment here. While other's operator's put they're antenna's up on top of tower's etc I decided to do the opposite. Even when it's...

That's about right, let us know how it performs afterwards. You're going to be amazed/impressed by what it can do just like me.

Over the year's I have built all kinds of wire antenna's but decided to come to the extended double zepp because I prefer vertical polarization instead of horizontal. I've heard people say smaller mounted high is better which is okay if that's what your into. I rather have a vertical that pushes...

I built my EDZ VERTICAL DIPOLE a couple of month's ago and decided to take it down. Skywave/groundwave propagation conditions have been getting better lately and after doing more research I decided to put it back up. The picture enclosed was from when I first built it. Today I built another...

Does anyone have a Yaesu Xf-30b am filter for sale?

The gain master has beaten alot of 5/8 vertical and people still don't believe how good it is. Put it up against a maco 3 element on the vertical side then after it beats it then leave it alone.