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will work on 40-30-20-17-15-12-10 and 6 meters. Most bands are under 3:1 SWR and easily
tuned by your transceiver’s internal antenna tuner or external tuner used with an amplifier.
These antennas are MUCH BETTER PERFORMERS than End Fed Half Wave antennas because
they work the WARC bands, DO NOT HAVE A DANGEROUS HIGH VOLTAGE at the antenna
connection and are shorter to fit in smaller spaces yet provide more band coverage up to 6
meters!
Installation
For best results raise the Bullet matching unit as high as possible (use a tree or vertical
support) and then extend the antenna wire horizontally or as an “L” (horizontal with vertical
end drop). The antenna may also be deployed as a sloper with the Bullet matching unit at the
top (best) with the wire sloping toward the ground (with the end high enough to avoid contact
by humans or animals), or at the bottom of the sloper with the antenna wire rising to a higher
point.
Any length of 50 ohm feed line ok (over 25 feet minimum recommended) but longer feed lines
over 50 feet may show reduced SWR on some bands due to soil conductivity, nearby objects,
etc. Due to local ground conditions, antenna height and feed line length, SWR may vary and
an antenna tuner may be required or some bands to bring SWR at end of feed line to
acceptable levels. Position a feed line choke (part# SOFLC) 12 feet from the matching unit.
Use a good quality 50 ohm cable adequate for the power level of your station.The Bullet
matching unit is rated for 500 or 1500 watts PEP (depending on model) for SSB and 50% for
CW or digital modes. If the matching unit becomes warm to the touch after transmitting at
high power, reduce the power output or the internal matching unit may become damaged.
NOTE: The matching unit output is DC grounded to bleed off static electricity, however it is
not RF grounded. This antenna is a current fed antenna and has high voltage at the antenna
insulator end so keep this end away from people, animals, etc. for their safety..
The BULLET4006-100, -500, -1500 are rated for 100, 500, 1500 (respectively) watts PEP ICAS at
a maximum 50% duty cycle. Digital modes are approximately 50% of PEP ratings depending
upon band.
Use a coax noise filter to reduce coax outer braid noise – see website for simple test to
determine whether you need one to suppress coax braid noise on receive.
SWR
Due to local ground conditions, antenna height and feed line length, SWR may vary from
samples shown and an antenna tuner may be required or some bands or portions of bands to
bring SWR at end of feed line to acceptable levels. Use a good quality 52 ohm cable adequate
for the power level of your station.(RG8X usually good up to 1000 watts PEP).
