Steve Nosko wrote:
The original Windom *was* an intentionally off center fed multi-band
antenna. Anybody have info on the Windom from the 40's 40's. Dad used
one, but I don't know what he did.
Steve K,9'D;C.I
YEP!!
134 feet long.
Fed 46 feet from one end with a SINGLE WIRE [NO COAX, NO TWIN LEAD, NO
BALUN, etc.]. Very good tuning system required. Allegedly something
close to 600 ohms at feedpoint. More wishful thinking than reality. [In
those days people were not obsessed with VSWR = 1.000001 to 1. ]
Some feed lengths produced a 'hot' key or mike. Changed length of
feedline to get rf out of shack. X
80, 40, 20, 10 meters.
All current model 'Windoms' are true fakes !!!
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