Vibroplex End Fed Antenna Review - Competition for the G5RV? 

I recently got my General and all of a sudden I'm interested in HF. A friend has loaned me a Kenwood TS 570 D radio to help me get my feet wet,. He also included a G5RV antenna but I just could NOT make that fit in my backyard. I opted to buy the Vibroplex 135' full-wave model which I plan to put up today (as long as it doesn't rain!). I got it from DX Engineering here in Reno and so far, I'm impressed with it (just looking at it in the box and reading the instructions). My shack is in a 10x12 Bully Barn here in Northern NV. Part of the install will be the wire attached to the outside of my shack and tossed as high up in a crabapple tree as I can get it, then over to 20' of verticle PVC pipe at the end of the yard (about 100'). At that point, I think I'll still have about 30' of antenna left so a 90° turn to the right, following our fence line, will finish off the antenna (ending on another 20' PVC pipe). Hopefully, I can get this up today and I can get on the air. I will report back for anyone who is interested.

I really like the adaptability of this antenna. Great video as always!

These are fantastic! Bought the one above after the review, and even been in contact with Sean who runs the company in the US even to tell him how good this is!! Peter please stock more Vibroplex items the quality is excellent.....especially the morse keyers

Ordered one, the 80 metre addition, looking forward to trying it.

Great video, love that antenna

Just ordered one of these. Great vid as usual Peter

Looks a nice bit of kit Peter 👍👏👏

Vibroplex EndFedz antennas are awesome.

Bought a 4010 and now it is up at 45 feet and I can work into midwest usa at 5/9 on 40 metres with 10 watts,very good antenna.

Hi Peter,great video once again.does this work better if the transformer is closer to the ground or close to gutter level??keep up the good work 👍👍

I have the 80 to 10 meter end fed works a treat love it :)

I have 3 of them, cant go wrong. I also made a mono-band for 20 meters using the transformer, that works fantastic too.

I bought one very recently and you are right performance is very good, and I have it in an inverted V configuration, I have been using a dipole 80 to 10 with 80-meter coils fitted, I have them both running through a switch so I can compare the two, I appreciate they are in a different orientation to each other and you have to use a tuner for the dipole but I was pleasantly surprised at the performance of the end-fed, I even lost some band interference, I did try it by having the transformer at the house end but that caused a lot of noise and very little received

Thanks for the informative videos.Please consider devoting some of your presentations for discussing antenna options available for users with limited space on high rise or multi-story concrete buildings with no RF grounding available.

Big fan of end fed. They do suffer from bad press from certain quarters and the RSGB Foundation booklet doesn’t help either. Citing end fed as prone to causing more interference than the dipole equivalent. End Feds get me on the air easily, much easier to install and I also use extensively for portable use. Quite agree with your point about common mode currents but these are easily solved. Great vid Peter, really useful for those new to the hobby to see how they can be installed too. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 73 Mike

I'm sure end-fed antenna will be my next try. Feeding from the end is so handy physically sometimes. 73s

Hi Peter, great video and food for thought. I am thinking of replacing my R5 vertical. On the shortened 80m band you say its 5 bands, can this tune on the WARC bands?. Are you also contactable on e-mail if I sent you a couple of photos of my garden and poles layout out the moment. I am unsure if I would need to buy the spider pole or not. Many thanks Steve G4YTK

I’ve just installed a Vibroplex EFHW80-10 to replace a full size G5RV.

Thanks Peter. Another great video. Was wondering how well does the 80-10m version perform. Any experiences to share?

A very interesting report Peter. I have used the G5RV many years ago but would sum up by saying its ONLY a 20 M HF aerial. The end fed aerial is the way to go for multi band operation without the need for an ATU. 73 IZ0JUB.