Work 8 bands with one antenna: Ares End Fed Random Wire Antenna.

In this video, Michael assembles and tests the "Ares End Fed Random Wire (non-resonant antenna)."

Construction and deployment of this end fed wire antenna are simple and should be no obstacle for those willing to experiment with antennas.

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CaHR Ares Random Wire Antenna

0:00

Unboxing the CaHR Ares Antenna

2:06

Assembling the random wire antenna

5:45

Non resonant Antenna wire lengths

7:22

17 meter contacts

10:09

15 meter contacts

12:15

40 meter contacts

14:08

20 meter contacts

14:47

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