The “Bullet” End Fed Antenna Counterpoise Kit
Th kit contains 1 pre-assembled counterpoise wire which easily attaches to the counterpoise connector on the BULLET matching unit. Improves performance on 1 or more bands. Black/Gray/Blue wire is standard.
Application Note: This kit is typically used with only with Bullet Antenna systems like the 41 foot, 71 foot, 92 foot, 111 foot or 155 foot when you DO NOT USE the coax braid as the counterpoise (such as when you coax is too short). The counterpoise radiates just like the other half of a dipole so DO NOT GROUND IT! It is used to fine tune particular bands (by varying the length to get the lowest SWR reading on as many bands as possible. Multiple length counterpoises can also be used if needed for a particular band) if your particular antenna geometry doesn't show a low enough SWR on a particular band.
Suggested counterpoise lengths are as follows:
41 foot antenna wire needs a 16 foot length (20 feet of wire supplied so you can adjust as needed by folding back on itself)
71 foot antenna wire needs a 42-50 foot length (50 feet of wire supplied so you can adjust as needed by folding back on itself)
92 foot antenna wire needs a 90 foot length (100 feet of wire supplied so you can adjust as needed by folding back on itself)
111 foot antenna wire needs a 37 foot length (50 feet of wire supplied so you can adjust as needed by folding back on itself)
155 foot antenna wire needs a 95 foot length (100 feet of wire supplied so you can adjust as needed by folding back on itself)
Due to many requests for antenna static bleeders, we have developed a product line of static bleeders for coax and for ladder line applications. Static electricity is caused by many situations including high desert wind, atmospheric conditions, etc. You may hear static crashes or have a buildup of static electricity that my be annoying during a radio conversation and it may be harmful to solid state electronics if high voltages are present on the RF input to your equipment.
A static “Bleeder” which shorts the direct static voltage to ground while leaving the RF frequency voltage unaffected if very beneficial particularly to those operations in desert conditions where low humidity, high static buildup are quite common. The SB-1 and SB-2 coax static bleeders work on coax line and the SB-3 static bleeder is meant for ladder line.
THESE DEVICES ARE NOT FOR LIGHTNING PROTECTION AND PROVIDES NO PROTECTION FOR LIGHTNING STRIKES!!!!!
The “Bullet” End Fed Antenna Counterpoise Kit
Th kit contains 1 pre-assembled counterpoise wire which easily attaches to the counterpoise connector on the BULLET matching unit. Improves performance on 1 or more bands. Black/Gray/Blue wire is standard.
Application Note: This kit is typically used with only with Bullet Antenna systems like the 41 foot, 71 foot, 92 foot, 111 foot or 155 foot when you DO NOT USE the coax braid as the counterpoise (such as when you coax is too short). The counterpoise radiates just like the other half of a dipole so DO NOT GROUND IT! It is used to fine tune particular bands (by varying the length to get the lowest SWR reading on as many bands as possible. Multiple length counterpoises can also be used if needed for a particular band) if your particular antenna geometry doesn't show a low enough SWR on a particular band.
Suggested counterpoise lengths are as follows:
41 foot antenna wire needs a 16 foot length (20 feet of wire supplied so you can adjust as needed by folding back on itself)
71 foot antenna wire needs a 42-50 foot length (50 feet of wire supplied so you can adjust as needed by folding back on itself)
92 foot antenna wire needs a 90 foot length (100 feet of wire supplied so you can adjust as needed by folding back on itself)
111 foot antenna wire needs a 37 foot length (50 feet of wire supplied so you can adjust as needed by folding back on itself)
155 foot antenna wire needs a 95 foot length (100 feet of wire supplied so you can adjust as needed by folding back on itself)