The end-fed half wave antenna (EFHW) is one of the most popular antennas for those carrying everything they need for remote operations. Our Micro 40-15m EFHW Antenna/Tuner is the perfect companion for your 40m-15m outdoor expeditions, restricted apartment location, or just for fun in the backyard on a pleasant afternoon. Throw a recommended piece of wire up to a tree, connect it to the tuner with the easy S.S. wing nuts, tune for the minimum SWR with the integral LED indicator and you are ready to go. The built-in absorption bridge design will ensure you do not damage your finals with a poor SWR. Connection to you rig is a BNC female, or the pcb is designed to accept a user supplied edge mounted SMA female connector. The tuner is rated for 5 watts continuous, 10 watts PEP, only x.xoz. (xx grams) and measures 2.62″ x 1.50″. No wonder it is the most popular. The tools required are a soldering iron with a small tip, rosin core solder, small side cutters, small Phillips screwdriver, and can be built in an hour or two. On a difficulty scale of 1 to 5, 5 being the most difficult, this is rated at 2.
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