Palomar BULLET-2006 Product Manual

Product Manual
End Fed OCF Antenna
BULLET-2006-500, 1500
Bands: 20-17-15-12-11-10-6
BULLET-2006 Antenna
500 Watt Version 1500 Watt Version
Off Center Fed (OCF) antennas are very convenient as they will allow multiple bands of
operation with a simple wire antenna which is fed off center. The Palomar Engineers 2010 OCF
is a very popular antenna and consists of an off center fed dipole with sides of 25 feet and 7
feet and it will work all bands from 20-6 meters. The BULLET-2006 uses the same dimensions
but the wire section is 25 feet as in the OCF and the coax outer braid is used for the "other"
part of the OCF dipole. We place a choke on the coax at the 7 foot distance from the matching
unit and we essentially have an OCF antenna with its great frequency range, but with only a 25
foot wire length instead of the 32 feet required by the regular OCF. You feed the antenna from
one end which may be more convenient for some installations. This antenna will work on 20-
17-15-12-11-10-6 and 2 meters at reduced power. 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 (EFHW) 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!
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