Off Center Fed (OCF) Dipole Baluns

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HF WIRE ANTENNAS
OVER 10,000 Installed worldwide!

BULLET End Fed Antennas
Shorter, safer, more bands in less space than EFHW
Off Center Fed Dipoles
Traditional dipole style but cut for more bands then other vendors!
End Fed OCF
160-6M, 80-6M, 40-6M or 20-6M but only 2 supports, shorter than EFHW - popular with POTA ops
Full Wave Loop
Quieter on receive and multi-directional gain on higher bands, no need to rotate!

ZS6BKW Multi-band Ladder Line Fed
No tune on 5 bands!

Broadband Terminated Dipoles (BBTD, T2FD)
DIY Parts for ALE, MARS, Hi duty cycle data modes


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Coax Common Mode Chokes - Slip On, Snap On, Jumper, Mini/Maxi-Choker/Line Isolator, DIY Ferrite Choke Kits

Noise Filters
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Ferrite Products- Rings, Snap On, Slip On, useful from 150KHz - 2 GHZ, Mixes 31, 43, 52, 61, 75, 77

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Testimonial

Hi Bob,

Radio: Flex-6700 running barefoot -10 to 100 Watts max.
Antenna: MFJ-1216 – 160/80 meter OCFD wire antenna with matching network.
Elevation: Over 60 feet AGL – fully extended.
Installed: Mid November 2013

I operate mainly on the digital modes running less than 50 Watts.  All of the sudden after a few days operating with this antenna, I start to have RFI and my radio was acting up; such as changing bands, SWR changing values, radio failures and turning off. However, when I used my Hy-Gain 18 HT vertical on the same band none of the abnormality occurred.
I contacted MFJ and confirm that what I was noticing was a failure of their “matching network” AKA balun.  They offered no solutions. Then I contacted Palomar Engineers and bought the 1:1 new toroid RF beads.  I called Palomar Engineers and I happened to talked to you directly; regarding the on going issue with the MFJ antenna. I found out that the 1:1 balun was not what I needed (I was miss-informed by MFJ that it was 1:1 matching network.)
You offered to make the required balun 4:1 and the rest is history.

Here are my findings:

  1. No more RFI displayed on the monitors.
  2. Radio not acting up or turning off.
  3. The SWR at 160/80 meter is 1.2:1
  4. No antenna tuner required.  (radio goes to Bypass automatically.)
  5. Worst SWR is on 10 meter with a 2:1 but still usable, with antenna tuner 1.5.
  6. One happy OCFD user!

Thanks to Palomar Engineers design and engineering for solving this issue.

73, Ernest – W4EG