End fed antenna

[ka1njl]

I have been using an end fed antenna for a few months with good success so today I decided to tidy things up a bit by removing excess feedline. I installed a new pl259 and measured a short between the center wire and the shield. I assumed I did something wrong so after a bit of cursing I cut it off and put my meter across the center conductor and shield, without any connector installed, and I measured 4 ohms. I installed another connector and things seem to be working despite the near short. Does anyone know if this is normal for an end fed antenna like this? Par End-Fedz EF-ALLBANDKW Par EndFedz® Antennas | DX Engineering

 

[mmckenna]

Yes. The end fed antennas use an Un-Un (unbalanced to unbalanced) matching transformer and will show a DC short (or something really close to a short, like you are seeing).

 

[ka1njl]

Yes. The end fed antennas use an Un-Un (unbalanced to unbalanced) matching transformer and will show a DC short (or something really close to a short, like you are seeing).

Thank you for confirming. At first I thought I created a short when I installed the connector but the "short" in the cable without any connector installed made me wonder. I feel better.