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Old September 11th 08, 12:25 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore[_2_] Cecil Moore[_2_] is offline
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Default Carolina Windom using 300 ohm ladderline

jawod wrote:
Original Windom is a single wire feed OCF dipole


A "dipole" is usually two wires with an insulator between
them. The original Windom was a single wire fed with a
single wire against ground. It's radiation was primarily
vertically polarized. The horizontal wire acted more like
a top hat than a dipole.

Carolina Windom is a twin lead OCF dipole with balun below the twin lead
segment


This is one I was ignorant of - sorry.

New Carolina Windom is a OCF dipole to a 4:1 balun and a short coax
length followed by a 1:1 unun (choke)


I didn't know the present one is a "New" one. My
apologies for my ignorance of the Carolina Windom
history.

P.S. IMO, they should not have called it a "Windom".
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com