{"id":50,"date":"2026-04-04T21:47:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2026-06-18T21:14:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:14:29","slug":"equipment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-367 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-antennas category-portable category-equipment category-pota-portable\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/2026\/06\/17\/the-end-fed-half-wave-antenna\/\" target=\"_self\" >The End Fed Half Wave Antenna<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-17T18:26:02+01:00\">17 June 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<figure style=\"height:256px\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7C5ACAFB-A5FE-4E70-9191-27BD7FFA84F1_1_105_c.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"height:256px;object-fit:contain;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7C5ACAFB-A5FE-4E70-9191-27BD7FFA84F1_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7C5ACAFB-A5FE-4E70-9191-27BD7FFA84F1_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/category\/equipment\/antennas\/\" rel=\"tag\">Antennas<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/category\/operating\/portable\/\" rel=\"tag\">EI4HQ\/P<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/category\/equipment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Equipment<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/category\/operating\/portable\/pota-portable\/\" rel=\"tag\">POTA<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-medium-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">My trusty 20M GP antenna, is a much-loved and proven favourite for operations away from the home QTH. Recent experience has made clear however that It&#8217;s not ideal for POTA, SOTA and other short term \/P activations. It&#8217;s relatively heavy at about 2kgs, and it takes about 15 minutes to set up. Of course, it&#8217;s&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-64 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-antennas category-equipment\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/2016\/10\/04\/back-to-basics-rediscovering-the-dipole\/\" target=\"_self\" >Back to Basics &#8211; rediscovering the Dipole<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2016-10-04T22:13:00+01:00\">4 October 2016<\/time><\/div>\n\n<figure style=\"height:256px\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dipole_radiation_pattern.gif\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"height:256px;object-fit:contain;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/category\/equipment\/antennas\/\" rel=\"tag\">Antennas<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/category\/equipment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Equipment<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-medium-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Having decided to completely revamp the shack, one of the first questions to arise was what antennas am I going to put up? I&#8217;ve been using a 3 element tribander for 10, 15 and 20 metres mounted on my specially reinforced chimney, and variants of wire verticals on the lower bands. You can see details&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"ei4-hq-page-layout","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":509,"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}