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.

This all got me thinking, have you ever designed a "Texas Windom?"
serious look

Regards,
JS

John Smith wrote:
This all got me thinking, have you ever designed a "Texas Windom?"
serious look

50 years ago at Texas A&M, I ran the off-center-fed
dipole fed with 300 ohm TV twinlead through a
Heathkit air-core balun. It was described in my
1955 ARRL Handbook which made the distinction
between a Windom and an OCF.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil Moore wrote:
John Smith wrote:
This all got me thinking, have you ever designed a "Texas Windom?"
serious look

50 years ago at Texas A&M, I ran the off-center-fed
dipole fed with 300 ohm TV twinlead through a
Heathkit air-core balun. It was described in my
1955 ARRL Handbook which made the distinction
between a Windom and an OCF.

Cecil:

I was 3 years old then, you can see why that slipped my area of knowledge!

But, good work OM!

Regards,
JS