Charles Schuler wrote:
Ran a Windom in Texas in 1965 (WA5KBO) with only 150W and burned a hole in
my lip (no joke) with the RF on the metal ring around the microphone! The
Windom was a good performer, but I could not effectively ground the rig. I
was in student housing (College Station) and was not allowed antennas but
improvised!

Dang Charles, I did exactly the same thing in 1957. If you had
asked me, I would have told you to watch out for those metal
microphones when using a Windom.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp