[AMRadio] Windom Antenna

[Peter Wittenberg]

Mike, I would be interested in a copy of that article.
Best 73's Peter K2LRC

Mike Dorworth, K4XM wrote:
> Okay, let us try again. I thought the question was.." how can it be
> RESONANT" at more than one place..Mr. Windom clearly shows that it is and
> how to prove it. A antenna cut for twenty works great on 10, a forty meter
> job works great on twenty and ten, an 80 meter works 80-40-20-10 etc. It is
> always RESONANT on all harmonics.The single wire feeder shows about 600 ohms
> to ground and is worked against ground from the link or output. If the wire
> were fed in the center of the antenna, then the antenna WOULD NOT RADIATE at
> all, only acting as a top load capacitance. Also the length of the feeder is
> of no matter and 1200 feet works fine. Sure there is a little radiation from
> the feeder, but not too much. The straight away part insures that the RF
> picked up from the antenna  (SORTA ) cancels out..These antennas work well
> with old Boat Anchor PI-Network outputs, those that go to 600 Ohms. There
> are no Standing waves on this type of antenna to feeder connection on the
> FEEDER!..I can e-mail the original QST article as an attachment (jPEG) for
> those wishing to read further on Mr. Windom's discovery.. Happy antenna
> experimenting in '05..73 de Mike, K4XM
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Geoff/W5OMR" <w5omr at w5omr.shacknet.nu>
> To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 12:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Windom Antenna
> 
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> 
>>>In QST magazine for September 1929 the original Windom Antenna article
>>>starts on page 19. It clearly shows that it is exactly resonant on all
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> of
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>>>it's design bands, so long as there is an harmonic relationship.
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> 80-40-20-10
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>>>etc. There are diagrams included which show how this is determined with
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> an
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>>>RF ammeter and a rolling trolley after which very precise and repeatable
>>>formulas were derived. Of course this is the single wire fed version.
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> The
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>>>later 300 Ohm job is merely wishful thinking.The length in feet is
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> always
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>>>468, divided by desired frequency in Kc. For the lowest desired band.
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> The
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>>>tap is always feet times 25 divided by 180. I might add that antennas
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> put up
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>>>as temporary during this nasty winter weather last 20 to 30 times longer
>>>than summer installed permanent antennas. happy antenna experimenting.
> 
> 73,
> 
>>>K4XM, Mike.
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>>So, in order for this to work, you have to decide what frequency you're
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> going
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>>to operate on, on the HIGHEST frequency the antenna will cover.
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>>ie: 29MC /2 = 14.5, 7.25, 3.625, 18.125Mc.
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>>that being the case, then
>>L = 468/f(L)
>>L = 468/18.125
>>L = 258.20689655172413793103448275862
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>>Now, you said that the 'tap is always feet times 25 divided by 180'
>>T = 258.207ft * 25 / 180
>>T = 6455.17 / 180
>>T = 35.862068965517241379310344827586
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>>Single wire feeding it?  Fed against Ground?  Doesn't the single feed-line
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> then
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>>become part of the radiating antenna?
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>>Even if someone were to take, say the output of a link and feed it
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> directly to
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>>the
>>open wire feed-line, the open wire line would have to go all the way to
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> the feed
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>>point of the antenna, wouldn't it?
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>>I'm sorry if I'm seeming a little dense, but I can't get unwrapped from
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> the
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>>'single wire fed version' of this antenna.
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>>Open wire output from the link has *2* wires.  I can see attaching them to
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> some
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>>open wire line, and feeding this Wyndom antenna at 1.8125, and having the
>>antenna resonant on 3.6250, 7.250, 14.5 (oops - can't operate there) and
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> 29Mc,
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>>but I simply fail to understand how one wire is going to feed an antenna
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> thas
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>>has two posts to connect to.
>>
>>Certainly has me thinking, though.  Now, if I could just come up with land
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> that
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>>had 300' (for guy supports on both sides)
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>>I'll have to work CW on 3.6250, forget about 20m and enjoy a
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> multi-wavelength
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>>antenna on 10m (when the band is open).  Pardon the sarcasm ;-)
>>
>>
>>Seriously, here. Surely, there must be something I'm missing, to be able
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> to use
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>>this antenna on all bands, with acceptable VSWR.
>>
>>'Splain it to me, please.
>>
>>Happy New Year
>>
>>73 = Best Regards,
>>-Geoff/W5OMR
>>
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