Cecil Moore wrote:
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.

As usual you are technically correct. Then again a Windom is a OCF being
feed open wire style, one wire that is.... :-)

Much earlier in my radio days, our Scout Master set up a pseudo Windom.
It was an OCF feed via ladder line. This ladder was coupled to 75ohm
coax via a 4:1 balun. Stray RF entering the shack was a constant
problem. This is why the design of this OCF caught my eye, using a 1:1
choke 1/4 wavelength down the feed line for 15 meters seems like a good
idea.

Just seems to be an evolution via good ideas being applied to already
good design.

Regards,

Chris KC8FRJ