I am thinking of putting up a windom antenna (see
http://www.hfantennas.com/Products.htm )and would like comments from
anyone who is using or has used one about the performance. Primay band
of interest will be 40 meters.

Thanks

I have a friend down in Missouri that just put one up. He's having
excellent results with it from what i gather.
Winston are you around somewhere ?
Robert
VE3 something or other.
"JJ" wrote in message
...
I am thinking of putting up a windom antenna (see
http://www.hfantennas.com/Products.htm )and would like comments from
anyone who is using or has used one about the performance. Primay band
of interest will be 40 meters.

Thanks

The Portsmouth, VA ARC (W4POX) uses them during Field Day on 40 & 80 M,
we've had outstanding results.

Joe
N2LJD
"JJ" wrote in message
...
I am thinking of putting up a windom antenna (see
http://www.hfantennas.com/Products.htm )and would like comments from
anyone who is using or has used one about the performance. Primay band
of interest will be 40 meters.

Thanks

On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 14:28:09 GMT, "Annette & LJ Dumas"
wrote:

The Portsmouth, VA ARC (W4POX) uses them during Field Day on 40 & 80 M,
we've had outstanding results.

Joe
N2LJD
"JJ" wrote in message
...
I am thinking of putting up a windom antenna (see
http://www.hfantennas.com/Products.htm )and would like comments from
anyone who is using or has used one about the performance. Primay band
of interest will be 40 meters.

Thanks



I use a homebrewed Windom antenna as my sole HF antenna. Works VERY
well on 80, 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 meters. Tunes easily with an
MFJ-941D tuner, and performs very well in all directions. It's a
little twitchy on 12 and 17 meters, but by reducing output power on
the transmitter, it's useable...


Raymond Sirois KU2S
SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS
607-733-5745
telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6000

In article ,
"Annette & LJ Dumas" writes:

The Portsmouth, VA ARC (W4POX) uses them during Field Day on 40 & 80 M,
we've had outstanding results.

How many QSOs on how many band/modes?

73 de Jim, N2EY

'JJ',
'Windom' antennas work well if they are used/erected
properly. They aren't really any 'better' than any other
antenna used properly. The 'all band with no tuning' is
more 'sales hype' than fact. But, they do work.
I think the particular antenna you are looking at is
more accurately called an 'Off Center fed' than a 'Windom',
but that's sort of 'picky'...
'Doc

PS - I also think the price is sort of 'steep', for a basically
simple antenna.

'Doc wrote:
'JJ',
'Windom' antennas work well if they are used/erected
properly. They aren't really any 'better' than any other
antenna used properly. The 'all band with no tuning' is
more 'sales hype' than fact. But, they do work.
I think the particular antenna you are looking at is
more accurately called an 'Off Center fed' than a 'Windom',
but that's sort of 'picky'...
'Doc

PS - I also think the price is sort of 'steep', for a basically
simple antenna.

I wonder about this one working all bands without a tuner. I need
something simple for the moment that I can quickly put up and work
several bands. I think this one is what is/was referred to as the
"Carolina Windom"? Thanks to everyone for the replys, I think I will try it.

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

Ah Ha! Blasphemy surfaces.

As soon as "Ice Out" and the end of "Mud" season occurs I will be
installing a 1930s version of the "Windom".

Used one from Massachusetts with results equal to a dipole but simpler
construction.

DD, W1MCE

JJ wrote:
I am thinking of putting up a windom antenna (see
http://www.hfantennas.com/Products.htm )and would like comments from
anyone who is using or has used one about the performance. Primay band
of interest will be 40 meters.

Thanks

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



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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