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Old December 11th 06, 05:17 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore Cecil Moore is offline
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Christopher Cox wrote:
No, I am using a 4:1 to feed the horizontal portion of the Windom and a
1:1 ferrite choke balun 10 feet vertically down from there.


Technically, that's an OCF, off-center-fed dipole.
A Windom antenna is fed with a "single-wire
feeder connected 14% off center", according to my
1957 "The ARRL Radio Amateur's Handbook". Just a
little ham radio trivia FYI.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com