The ZS6BKW antenna is a better match for our bands than the G5RV. The method of construction and tuning is essentially the same for both antennas but the dimensions are different.
Here is the ZS6BKW antenna installed at AK6R fine tuned for the CW/FT8 frequencies on 40-20-17-12-10 meters. An excellent antenna when installed at 30 feet or higher and no tuner required avoiding the tuner losses and constant retuning. If you want to work all bands from 80-10 install an antenna tuner between the 1:1 balun and the amplifier and ignore the 39/40 switch.
Is this the best FT8 antenna? – I think so as I has made over 70,000 contacts and it still is a proven winner -Good world wide DX, easy to install, no tuner and takes full legal limit.
Here are several different 1:1 baluns you can use depending on power requirements:
The audiophile RFi kit is specifically designed to suppress audio interference triggered by Radio Frequency Interference problems experienced in typical audiophile systems using a tuner/preamp/receiver, turn table, CD player and speaker system. The ferrite filters are selected to eliminate RFI from 1 to 300 MHz. The filters are easy to install, don’t require modification of the protected equipment and work in almost all cases.
What is included in the kit?
The Audiophile RFI kit contains a a 4 ring filters for the AC power cord and 8 snap-on filters (4-1/2" ID, and 4-3/8' ID) for the device interconnect wires as well as the speaker wires.
Here is the Coax Noise Filter used to suppress coax common mode currents (works for all type of antennas)
PDF of ZS6BKW at AK6R Construction Article HERE: My ZS6BKW Antenna