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![]() I thought I'd post the results of my recent little project to put up a Carolina Windom for 80/40/20. Didn't work very well. :-( At least, not yet. ;-) I cut it for 3.6 MHz, and according to everything I read that should give decent performance on or about 7.2, 14.4, and 28.8 MHz. Instead, I got 3.6 MHz (as expected), then I got about 6.6 and about 14.9. I followed the instructions I found in one website article that said to cut the legs for 37.8 percent and 62.2 percent. Other articles I've read say to cut for 1/3 and 2/3 of a half wavelength, i.e. feed the antenna 1/3 of the way from one end. Since I'm a high precision sort of a dude ;-), I figured 37.8 and 62.2 were more precise than 1/3 and 2/3, so I tried them. Like I said ... works well on 3.6 (and most of the rest of the 80 meter band) but not anywhere else. It is built with a W2AU balun (4:1), 22 feet of RG-8X, an MFJ "line isolator" (1:1 current-type unun), then about 25 feet of RG-8X to the shack. I guess I'll have to go back up there next nice day and try the 1/3 2/3 way. |
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