Cecil Moore wrote:
Dave Shrader wrote:

I believe that today's "Windoms" are not true Windoms!!


My 1956 ARRL Handbook says that a Windom is fed with a
single vertical wire. If an antenna with Windom dimensions
is fed with a transmission line rather than a single vertical
wire, in the 1956 ARRL Handbook, it is called an "Off Center
Fed" dipole.
--
73, Cecil, W5DXP


My Handbook shows the same thing. This only confirms that both of us
have been in ham radio too long!!!

My first Novice 80 CW antenna was a true Windom. W1GID, Ralph Tedford,
one of my early Elmers, installed it for me. I ran an ARC 5 transmitter
into it. Funny thing though, I kept getting tingling sensations off the
key until I lengthened the feed line about 25 feet :-)

I earned my first award with that radio and antenna: "WATV"

Deacon Dave, W1MCE for 50 years

Dave Shrader wrote:
My first Novice 80 CW antenna was a true Windom. W1GID, Ralph Tedford,
one of my early Elmers, installed it for me. I ran an ARC 5 transmitter
into it. Funny thing though, I kept getting tingling sensations off the
key until I lengthened the feed line about 25 feet :-)

I also ran an ARC 5 into an OCF when I was in college. Used 300 ohm
twinlead and a Heathkit air-core balun. Worked well enough for WAS-2.

Deacon Dave, W1MCE for 50 years
--
73, Cecil, W5DXP for longer than that. :-)




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Cecil Moore wrote:

SNIP

I also ran an ARC 5 into an OCF when I was in college. Used 300 ohm
twinlead and a Heathkit air-core balun. Worked well enough for WAS-2.

SNIP

--
73, Cecil, W5DXP for longer than that. :-)


I threw away a B&W 250 watt air-core balun, 4:1 or 1:1 selectable, when
we changed QTH from Massachusetts to NH.

Wish I had kept it!!

Cecil, I know we are close in age and close in our university careers.
When were you licensed? My W1MCE is first re-issue in the mid 1950s and
predates the 'K' series of calls by a year or more.

Deacon Dave

Dave Shrader wrote:
Cecil, I know we are close in age and close in our university careers.
When were you licensed? My W1MCE is first re-issue in the mid 1950s and
predates the 'K' series of calls by a year or more.

My WN5DXP was a first re-issue in 1951. I was 13 at the time with
a Hallicrafters S53A and a Globe Scout 65B. So I'm working on my
second half century as a ham. (The 'K' calls always seemed kind
of sissy to me. :-)
--
73, Cecil, W5DXP



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Watch-it now!!
Lane-- K9MOV

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
...
.. . . The 'K' calls always seemed kind of sissy to me.
--
73, Cecil, W5DXP

Shades of "Old Yellow" -
"CQ CQ CQ no kids, no lids, no K's and NO WA's"
Maybe OY is why I went back to my original K call.
HI HI
K4YKZ (ex-W7BZO, ex-W1EFG, ex-WZ8A)

I had K6CCG in 1953. I was 12.

As a old bongo drummer I prefer "K" over "W" for cw rhythm....

"dah-di-dah" hits strong. "di-dah-dah" is wimpy......hi

-bill

now I am back, after a 50 yr. absence....





Cecil Moore wrote:

Dave Shrader wrote:
Cecil, I know we are close in age and close in our university careers.
When were you licensed? My W1MCE is first re-issue in the mid 1950s and
predates the 'K' series of calls by a year or more.

My WN5DXP was a first re-issue in 1951. I was 13 at the time with
a Hallicrafters S53A and a Globe Scout 65B. So I'm working on my
second half century as a ham. (The 'K' calls always seemed kind
of sissy to me. :-)
--
73, Cecil, W5DXP

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zeno wrote:
I had K6CCG in 1953. I was 12.

Oh yeah, the land of fruits and nuts got some of the
first sissy calls. :-)
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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