| KB1WSN |
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2020-04-26 | |
| wire snapped in half after 6 months |
Time Owned: 3 to 6 months. |
ok wll let me 1st start off by saying I was very pleased with the 8010 antenna, it worked great and had zero problem up until it SNAPPED. wire is advertised as 16 awg now, Mine which has only been installed once in it's lifetime was bought new by me, went from bottom of another antenna mast mounted on my home across my yard to a tree using high grade para rope cord, was not tight, it had a nice droop to it to account for tree movement, was great, then it was on the ground the other day, i looked and saw the problem, the wire itself had snapped in half about 25 feet from the end, i looked close at the wire writing, it was NOT 16 awg but 18 awg, I contacted Dan Horvat and he said they make replacement wire I can "buy" , man I was hoping there was some kind of warranty, guess not, I explained that I loved the antenna and the fact it's only 6 months old and survived the "easiest winter New England has had in years" his reply was simply quote" Daniel Horvat (myantennas)
Apr 25, 15:09 ADT
Read the FAQ about wire size... the wires do not snap in half if tensioned with some sag... I never had any wire snap in my life with hundreds of antennas made since 1979.
Danny Horvat, E73M & N4EXA "
So now I'm not very hapy with the business end of this "company" I thought about buying their "replacement wire" now 16 awg and not the 18awg they gave me on myantenna but you know what, i just may take my business elsewhere totally, after this encounter. |
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| N2QGV |
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2020-04-25 | |
| Tuner, sure... Needed, sometimes |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
| My antenna starts at 4' on a 4x4 wood post in ground on the West side of my lot. It has an 8' ground rod at the base and is fed with about 25' of coax. The antenna goes South (maybe a little more than 30') going up to 20' then makes a 90 degree turn to the East and runs approx. 70' to another support at 20'. It then turns 90 degrees North for approx. an additional +/- 30' ending around 18' high. There are many frequencies where the SWR indicates 2.0 and less and then higher on other frequencies, but I run a LDG AT-100Pro tuner. No issues anywhere on any band. Usually a quick click on first key up is heard from the LDG and matched at 1.0 to 1.1. Easy Peezy. As a side note my three HF rigs internal tuners all do the same with no issues, those being a Kenwood TS-590S, Elecraft KX2, and Icom IC-703+. My old TS-2000 had no issues either, but it is no longer in the shack. Small lot, no trees and it works great. 73 |
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| NN1Q |
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2020-04-23 | |
| Needs a tuner on every band but 20m |
Time Owned: 6 to 12 months. |
| I have hung this up in 3 locations with 3 different heights and even in an L. Can only get a very narrow bandwidth with SWR < 1.5 and it will stretch maybe 100mhz and it peaks very quickly north of SWR 1:5 in the upper portions of the band. My 7610 won't tune it at all (it won't tune anything >1:3 anyways). I am back to G5RV. Really wanted this to work. I do have it grounded btw. |
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| WU7X |
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2020-04-06 | |
| Perfect for FT8 |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
It’s now a little over two years since my last review. I missed much of the low band activity this winter due to a knee replacement and software issues. That said, this wire antenna still amazes me. To date I have 129 DXCC countries on FT8. On this antenna alone, I now have 53 on 30m, 51 on 40, 28 on 80, and 12 on 160! All lotw confirmed. I also have WAS confirmed on 30, 40, 80, and 160 m, all FT8. I have discovered that I can run 200-250 watts output for hours on end. But after only a few minutes at higher power the core overheats and SWR goes through the roof. I continue to be completely satisfied with its performance.
Dale WU7X
This review is primarily oriented toward my activities with this antenna on 30, 40 80 & 160 M using FT8 over the past 10+ months. It that time I have made over 2,500 FT8 contacts on all bands but primarily focused on the low bands. My EFHH-8010-1K is ground mounted to one of the 8' copper sheathed ground stakes next to my 52" tower. It rises vertically approximately 14" away from the tower legs for 52' then horizontally to a neighbor's tree for its remaining length. There is obviously some symbiotic interaction occurring between the wire, the tower and the yagi on it. Since beginning in early February I have achieved (according to LOTW) Digital DXCC 101 countries confirmed, plus 28 states on 160, 47 on 80m, 46 on 40m, 40 on 30m, 47 on 20m, 41 on 17m, 26 on 15m, and 10 on 10m. 50 mixed WAS, 50 digital and FT8 WAS. WPX is similar.
Having been a ham since 12/1980, I normally drop my ham activities to near zero during the winter months and low solar activity periods. I've just never had antennas nor used modes that worked well then. FT8 and this antenna have changed all that in a very positive way. I highly recommend this as a way to continue your ham experience and increase both DXCC and WAS numbers at the same time. One example; I've picked up VK8LP on 80m using FT8 (thanks Bob!) recently. Also worked him on 15 & 17M on the yagi via FT8. I haven't heard him on the high bands SSB since 2006, and never on the low bands. I'm a very satisfied customer.
Best 73 & DX,
Dale WU7X |
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| KN4QLH |
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2020-04-05 | |
| My First Antenna |
Time Owned: 0 to 3 months. |
As a new Ham, I couldn't be happier with my EFHW-80-10. I purchased an IC7300 and due to living in an HOA, I decided to buy a wire antenna that I can hide on the trees behind my house. installation was easy. I was amazed when I made my first contact with Serbia from Florida.
100w and a wire!! Cons: maybe a 40-10 would have worked better for me as a new Ham.
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| KK8ZZ |
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2020-04-04 | |
| Outstanding Antenna, Tough, Versatile |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
| In 52 years as a ham, I’ve hung a lot of wire in the sky. Towers, Yaris, fan dipoles, vertical, you name it. All things considered, I have to say this is the best radiating, best value, most versatile antenna on the market today. Mine’s been up for a little more than three years, and it just stays up there and performs. SWR Meets the manufacturer’s specifications, and when a little touch up is required, most rigs’ internal tuners will make it 1:1 or very close. The antenna is made of extremely strong flexible wire and the matching box is tough and weather tight. The wire shrugs off ice and does not stretch over time. While I still use the vertical and yogi, this end fed antenna is the one I turn to first, and make most of my contacts with. No problem rating this antenna 5 stars plus. |
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| W5WAA |
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2020-04-03 | |
| Wow, simple, easy to install, works |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
I realized about 3 years ago that moving into a HOA subdivision was going to be a bad experience. After talking to numerous hams who recommended all of the popular "Miracle" antennas, I decided on the simplest one, an end fed all-band single wire that I could hide in a 60' tree about 20 feet from the house.
It worked, far better than I could imagine. I bought just the 80-10 balun from "My Antenna", I had an ample supply of copper wire on hand. Took less than and hour to get the wire over the tree and connect everything.
The wire is a light grey color which disappears in in the tree. What a surprise when I fired up my Flex 3000, the display quickly filled with 160, 80, 40 and 20 signals. No problems, very low noise and I work everyone. I'm a happy camper. |
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| W1SPS |
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2020-02-10 | |
| My first antenna and I has served me well. |
Time Owned: 3 to 6 months. |
| Only licensed 5-1/2 months ago. I was looking for something that fit my property, was easy to install, easy to use, inexpensive and give me a fairly respectable presence. I started with FT8 to get my feet wet and I found that this antenna did very well with my FT-840 and my IC-7300. I use an LDG-100ProII Tuner but the Ic-7300 was capable of keeping the antenna in line from 10-80m. Even with the tuner it won't do 160m. I have since built a similar antenna to this but used 270' of wire (that does 160m). Overall I am very pleased. It is well constructed and thought out (right down to venting the transformer to prevent condensation). It got me in the game when I was new and I think I'd leave it up even if I got something bigger. |
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| KM4JOK |
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2020-02-10 | |
| 2K EFHW - didn't work for me - configuration sensitive |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
| This is a great antenna if installed in a specific configuration. If not, it can create major issues, as in my case, significant RF in the shack. My wife asked me to take down the antenna because I was turning household lights and appliances on and off every-time I keyed the mic - using just 100 watts. I even purchased an RF Isolator from MyAntennas based on Danny's recommendations to resolve the RF issues. The RF Isolator was absolutely useless. Also the SWR on many bands exceeded 2.0. The antenna sloped from a metal post mounted to the house up to a tree at 50 feet above ground. I cannot recommend this antenna based on my configuration requirements. |
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| N4UM |
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2020-02-01 | |
| Great bang for the buck |
Time Owned: 0 to 3 months. |
I have several of the lower power rated Myantennas – one for 40 thru 10 and the other for 80 thru 10. They are great for portable operation when running about 100 watts on CW but neither could seem to handle long winded CW ragchews when running 500 watts on the lower bands. I recently ordered the 2KW ICAS rated transformer for 80 thru 10 (not the whole antenna, just the transformer). I'm using it to feed a 135 foot wire as a sort of perverted L (20 ft. vertical then 115 feet horizontal) with a very sharp bend in the middle of the horizontal part. The wire bends back on itself with an angle of about 60 degrees between the two horizontal sections. SWR on 80, 40 and 20 is perfectly acceptable, a little high on 15 and unusable on 10. My wire does not include the small coil about 6 feet from the feedpoint that is normally installed in the wire when the entire antenna is purchased. This coil is supplied to improve performance on 10 meters, and, perhaps to a certain extent, on 15 as well. Those two bands have been lousy lately anyway so I decided not to bother with the “Danny Coil.
The transformer handles 500 watts during long winded CW ragchews on 40 meters and above without undue heating. It also handles 500 watts on 80 meter CW without overheating but for a more limited time. I've found that I can only run between 150 and 200 watts on 80 meters during very long winded CW ragchews before the SWR begins to creep up and eventually go thru the roof. Short 500 watt CW transmissions are no problem on any band. I'm happy with the transformer. 150-200 watts is more than adequate for ragchewing on 80 CW. I am able to run a full 500 watts on 80 CW in DX pileups or when using “search and pounce” strategies as opposed to “running” strategies in contests. I haven't checked out the transformer on 75 meter sideband but suspect overheating at 500 watts PEP or higher would not be a problem with the lighter duty cycle.
The end fed half wave (on the lowest frequency) provides operation on a number of bands, is inconspicuous, easy to erect and lends itself to a variety of installations. It does especially well in stealth installations. |
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