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I made one of these EDZ using very close measurements to what is on this site using their calculator:

EDZ Calculator

Ironically, I managed a match without the 4:1 balun. I simply used a roughly 53" x 3" spacing ladder line (home made) between the wire dipole (EDZ) and the coax.
With the MFJ-259b I saw 1.0:1 R50 X0 at 27.295 and a 2.0:1 around 28.300. I read similar SWR through the SWR meter.
I may tune more to get it shifted up some later. I saw this through the 50' RG8U coax feedline. No time to fool with it more at the moment.

It should be worth noting that the wire is only 4' above the ridge of my roof, 21' above the earth.

<blockquote data-quote="HomerBB" data-source="post: 435027" data-attributes="member: 8569">I made one of these EDZ using very close measurements to what is on this site using their calculator:<a href="http://www.westmountainradio.com/antenna_calculator_zepp.php?frequency=27.385" target="_blank">EDZ Calculator</a>Ironically, I managed a match without the 4:1 balun. I simply used a roughly 53&quot; x 3&quot; spacing ladder line (home made) between the wire dipole (EDZ) and the coax. With the MFJ-259b I saw 1.0:1 R50 X0 at 27.295 and a 2.0:1 around 28.300. I read similar SWR through the SWR meter.&nbsp;I may tune more to get it shifted up some later. I saw this through the 50&#039; RG8U coax feedline. No time to fool with it more at the moment.It should be worth noting that the wire is only 4&#039; above the ridge of my roof, 21&#039; above the earth.<img src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/Chal_Cirilo/EDZ/0073_zpsfe53f0bf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/Chal_Cirilo/EDZ/0076_zpsbbcd3563.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="HomerBB, post: 435027, member: 8569"] I made one of these EDZ using very close measurements to what is on this site using their calculator: [URL="http://www.westmountainradio.com/antenna_calculator_zepp.php?frequency=27.385"]EDZ Calculator[/URL] Ironically, I managed a match without the 4:1 balun. I simply used a roughly 53" x 3" spacing ladder line (home made) between the wire dipole (EDZ) and the coax. With the MFJ-259b I saw 1.0:1 R50 X0 at 27.295 and a 2.0:1 around 28.300. I read similar SWR through the SWR meter. I may tune more to get it shifted up some later. I saw this through the 50' RG8U coax feedline. No time to fool with it more at the moment. It should be worth noting that the wire is only 4' above the ridge of my roof, 21' above the earth. [IMG]http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/Chal_Cirilo/EDZ/0073_zpsfe53f0bf.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/Chal_Cirilo/EDZ/0076_zpsbbcd3563.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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