[Antennas] Carolina Windham

[jkolin]

It should work but tuner settings will be different.Make certain that 300 ohm line is rated for the power you plan to use.I suggest placing the balun on the outside wall of ur shack. Run a short length of 50 ohm coax thru the wall & then to ur tuner. This method should reduce the risk of RF floating around in the shack.Jay....NE2Q
-------- Original message --------From: Steve H <teknoskillz at comcast.net> Date: 2/17/21  6:36 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: antennas at mailman.qth.net Subject: [Antennas] Carolina Windham I have a 80m Carolina windham up for some time now. Its got I think about 20-25 feed of 300 ohm ladder line from its feed point, and it connects to a 300W 4:1 balun and the other side of the balun is a50 ohm S0-239 connector where I have coax eventually finding its way to the rigg.I have a legal limit balun, but its heavier and would require some kind of mounting that theres no room for. The 300W balun is light so its no problem for the ladder line and coax to support it.I am thinking of mounting the balun inside the room where I have the rigg, and adding in a section of 300 ohm ladder line to make up for the removed coax, which is about 50 feet.I know this lesser length of coax will improve loss, but I believe the Windham uses the section of the ladder line as part of the radiator? Would I be ruining the concept of the antenna by doing this?SteveKA2PTE______________________________________________________________Antennas mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/antennasHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:Antennas at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html