M1ECC Slidewinder DX Coil, MFJ-1979, & MFJ 1936t 

Thank you. I'm hoping to make some more in the next week or so. I've finally got a little more free time.

When I slow down a little I'll post another video using this with my 5 radials. It's been busy and wet lately. Traveling around for Field Day today.

Excellent presentation, brother. I hope to see this one in action soon.

I'm not savvy on the how it works part of antennas. I love them and I'm still trying to learn, but I don't know. I know this worked just like that, though. The ground radial makes a difference. I've never set this antenna up with more than one radial. This coil is very well designed and, in my opinion, more than worth it.

It likely varied a tad from bottom to top, but not by much.

Because I have designed it to be not so high Q & very efficient. It is certainly a not dummyload.

I haven't looked at eHam reviews for it but it works well for my application. Ground makes a large difference. I still have a couple of other videos I need to get done on this setup. Weather and travel have set me back a little lately. With the M1ECC Slidewinder DX coil, MFJ-1979 whip, and the ground rod kit, I get a 1.6:1 or better 40-10. I've got 4 additional ground radials ready to setup for my next test and I feel certain that will only make it better. The 1979 won't work for everyone, but neither will any other antenna. Your individual setup can't compare 1:1 to anyone else because there a too many variables. The ground where I am is not the best plus I have multiple transformers nearby that affect it some. That's part of why I wanted to do some basic videos. I don't have a fancy setup and I'm not reviewing for any retailer or company. Just trying to show my own experience with this equipment for a real world type comparison

Take a look at the Chameleon stainless steel whips.They may have to be backordered,but the difference in quality is notable.

My MFJ 1979 broke the 3rd time I used it.

I don't use this setup for every outing so it doesn't get used a ton. As a matter of fact, i use mobile hf on 20m more than anything just because of my current setup. This whip stays in my car all of the time and i haven't trouble with it. I can imagine that with a lot of regular use extending and collapsing, it may wear quicker. This coil, though, is fantastic. One of the first things i took note of was how smooth the adjustment is. You don't have fins to break after using for a while. A lot of the adjustable coils have fins that you'll hear clicking with every move and those will wear out and become a bit useless. The slide here is just a piece of stainless steel that slides up and down the coil. I put this one on my car for a while and my wife forgot about it. She wound up breaking the coil at the grocery store parking lot one evening, so now i have a white one that i replaced this with.