X-Tenna End Fed Half Wave Switchable Multi Band Antenna 

I got one and I love it. I have one because he’s making them and the other company seems to not be. 😉

Another honest review from a guy we can all trust. Mike always tells it like it is, good or bad. Thanks dude, and 73, de NH7TR

Very nice looking antenna Mike. Thanks for sharing it with us!

Not only a good review of this antenna, but also showcases what a good unit the Rig Expert Stick Pro is as well. Thanks Mike.

Thanks Mike, Always good stuff from your videos

Half the price of a Packtenna, plus three-way transformer, great build....and available! Just received mine before Dayton. Thanks for the review!

I need to play with mine more, I had some weird initial readings and didn't take the time to tune it. Thanks for the motivation to take it with me next time and tune it.

Another fantastic fantastic video from Jamison God bless you Jamison you are number uno

I just made my own EFHW from scratch. My measurements came out to 19.92 meters and it's killer on 40-10m. I remembered this video and checked after the fact....when I was trimming I didn't remember your measurement. 49:1 ratio and T240-43 toroid.

Thanks for this Mike! I was looking for a light, packable antenna for POTA/SOTA. Just ordered and mentioned your channel in my note to X-Tenna. 73!

Got one a couple weeks ago, works fantastic. Surprised how nice & low the swr #'s are across the board.

Great review, thanks a lot!

my next antenna for field days

Thanks for the vid. I got one of the 49:1s (older model in blue) and the Switchable red one a while back. I would feel bad about not getting a Packtenna as an obvious inspiration to this, but they are always out of stock when I try to buy them. It also let me easily experiment with the 49-56-64:1 option questions. That unique variation makes it a worthwhile product in my view. My tuned result is dead nuts on target either way. Your tuned result is a perfect CW antenna. It's like having 3 different switchable tweaks in one great antenna.

I have one and used on 15M and got Scotland and UK. Great antenna

I ordered one after seeing ham radio dudes review. Havent got to try it out yet. But arrived quickly

I've had mine for a year & done multiple QRP POTA activations with it. I made up two counterpoise wires for it with banana plugs. Works like a champ. Zero complaints. K0ATV

That "multi-tap transformer" is fantastic and definitely differentiates this look-alike antenna! I'm amazed no one else has leveraged that concept. I've always said I'd love a variable transformer for my homebrew antennas and was going to build one but I just may experiment with this. See you again on 10M FM soon buddy 😀 73 KJ6ER

Mike, Video looks crispy sharp. Did you get a new camera? Great demonstration. 💥👍 73 amigo.

good stuff

N9SAB makes a great EFRW. Great video

so about 65 feet of wire, which is about what most endfeds need. Looks like a nice little portable antenna. Thanks for the review. 73 Vic de KE8JWE

Thanks for the quick review! At $65, it seems like a good deal at face value. I found the instructions about as clear as mud. I'm a relatively new Technician (< 1 yr) and am thinking this is a good addition to my POTA gear. Questions: Do I need a counter poise? Instructions mention counter poise but unclear if needed or not. Do I need a choke on the coax like other EFHW's? Would really appreciate a follow-up video on actual performance in the field. Enjoy your videos. Learning a lot! Thanks!

Great vid, as always, Mike. So in the end, what length of wire did you end up with??? 73, Tim

Could you linear load the end of the EFHW to get 40m where you like and see if 10m tunes better?

Thanks for the great review. What is the portable mast you’re using in the video? Would it also be strong enought as a portable pole for a OCF dipole and alike?

great video. I know you said he was out of stock. Will you put link in once he has a supply?

Does this thing have a choke anywhere along the coax line? The reason I ask is that (a) the fact that the antenna wound up being a bit shorter than expected despite the SWR dip being at the very low end of 40 m, and (b) the relative independence of SWR on which of the three iimpedance ratios you chose, and (c) the way the SWR flattens out at a relatively low value instead of continuing to rise as you go further and further off resonance in the higher frequency direction, all make me suspicious that something is very lossy here. Lossy antennas can have beautiful SWR but they don't radiate that well. If as I suspect there is no choke, it would be interesting if you added one, and re-did your measurments. Will the antenna still want to be so short? Will it still not care all that much which impedance ratio you use (it ought to need higher ratios at lower frequencies and lower ratios at higher frequencies since harmonic resonances usually have lower impedances at the high voltage/low current ends than the fundamental resonance)? Will it still flatten out the SWR curve once it gets up to 3:1 or more the way it did? I predict it's going to make QUITE a difference, but please do the experiment and let us know. Of course there could be another source of loss. Three that I can think of are (a) a poor quality toroid, (b) poor choice of wire to wind the toroid, perhaps too small a gauge, and (c) lossy capacitor across the low impedance winding of the matching transformer (if such a capacitor is being used). David VE7EZM and AF7BZ

The 60W might be because of the slide switch between the taps but how long was ur coax Mike?

What are some of the different use cases of switch from a 49:1 to 56:1 or 64:1?

How is 1.59 SWR on one band considered bad but on 10m 1.74 is not terrible? Does one band require a better SWR than another? I just operate under the notion that anything below 1.7 is G2G. Am I wrong?

Found this antenna on Etsy the other day purely by accident. Thought it was a neat idea so I picked one up. Haven’t had a chance to play with it yet. The idea that it’s a PackTenna rip off is coincidental at best. I mean if you mount anything on a similar type wire winder it’s gonna look like a PackTenna.

Is an inverted L 66 foot antenna just for 40 meters, or Can you do 80 meters as well ?

Cool but isn’t the tuner your are using like 3-$400?

I agree.....You want a half wave!!!! He is acting like its a long wire

I just got one of these antennas. The ripoff is why I bought this one. Mine is resonant on the phone portion from 10-40, 1.1-1.6 with around 63' plus or minus in the 49:1 position. I didn't trim, wrapped the excess on the winder.

Nice results. I agree, there's a lot of different experimenting. The other day for example, I went out to a beach to operate radio. Typically my end fed halfway visit a sloper configuration at about 3 ft off the ground at its lowest point. But at the beach I was only about a foot off the ground. Using the switch really helped get better standing wave ratio for the bands I worked. That was nice instead of having to try to add wire or remove wire.

Thank you for the video. I couldn’t watch the entire video. I saw that antenna and it didn’t make sense to me. Just couldn’t bring myself to buy it. I am a PackTenna fan and I seem to compare everything antenna to the PackTenna.

The switch is on the high voltage side of the transformer. Not a good idea. IMHO

But every time I try to buy a Packtenna, they are ALWAYS out of stock. So who cares if its a packtenna clone? I cant buy the original anyway because they dont seem to actually make them anymore.

I can see it's a total rip off but with different features and better performance! :)

But, wait. HOW long was the antenna. you gave us some make believe believe units, not good ol AMERICAN units.

Cool video mike. I might have to purchase one. I like the adjustable impedance match. Kinda of strange that in his directions he didn’t know the proper wire length to use on a half wave and was giving non resonant lengths