EFHW Dipole - Mono Band Version

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Hi Walter,
Another interesting antenna - but not the EFHW Dipole(J-Pole) that this thread is about - I think this piece would be better for the discussion going on in another current thread on lighweight antennas - here:

Lightweight Vertical Antennas

Hi everyone, I’m wondering about others experiences with lightweight vertical antennas? What options are there out there? I have heard of people getting a telescopic fishing rod and running a wire, and I have seen videos of the MFJ-1979 (which looks like an awesome and simple solution). What about hardware and loading coils? It would be great to have the option to go to lower bands as well. My main reason is some summits I have scaled have not had anywhere (rocky summits), or anywhere convenie…