On Mar 4, 4:07 pm, Owen Duffy wrote:
According to my ARRL Antenna Handbook, the Windom Antenna was described
by Loren Windom in QST in 1929.


I can't stand windoms myself... A poor design overall.. Bout par for
1929
technology..
I compared a dipole to one of those "carolina windoms" one time using
a
A/B switch.. It was ugly.. The dipole thrashed it. The windom setup
had
way too much loss. Mostly in the perverted mess of a feedline/tuner I
suspect.
But.... It doesn't bother me if anyone else wants to use them. IE:
field day,
etc. I like having an unfair advantage... All those windoms strung
across
the country on field day just help me get a better score...
Ughhhmm, maybe I should keep my mouth shut...
Yea.. Forget what I said. The windoms are great antennas.
A very efficient antenna system, and everyone should use one. If you
don't
use a windom at field day, you ain't really living.. Those funky fed
tuner/choke
G5RV's also have a special place in my heart.
Greatest antenna I've ever used.. :/ Grrrrr... I still remember
losing about
3 mm of tooth length due to excessive grinding when using a "funky
fed" G5RV
on 80m at field day a few years ago..
MK