Am I missing a trick here? I keep reading this but my inverted v EFHW takes me almost as long to erect on a 6m telescoping pole as my inverted v linked dipole, that’s about 8-10 minutes.
[I don’t rush it - especially on a rocky summit or where there’s lots of prickly undergrowth or sheep muck. Both antennas have lasted years of frequent use due to careful handling]
Attaching a 1m coax to the EFHW matching unit is only a bit faster than unwinding 8-10m of RG714 feeder (from its own winder) for the linked dipole. [After years of erecting them on very windy GM summits I have mastered the technique of avoiding getting the dipole’s wires and coax entangled]
It used to be quicker in olden days when I used the EFHW as a sloper but I configure it now as an inverted v because [I read] the mid point radiates the most.