[Elecraft] Windom Antennas

[Weymouth Walker]

On WINDOM ANTENNAS:

My 2 cents worth ... I have a Fritzel Windom (no longer
made or sold in the US) ... it's 130' in length, with a 100'
leg, a 30' leg, a 4:1 heavy-duty balun, and fed with 100'=20
of RG-58U (I think ... the small diameter stuff anyway) ...

The K2 loads it well (on 30 meters I need some extra=20
inductance, supplied by MFJ's tuner-extender) on all HF
bands (it's not designed for 160, and my IC-746Pro loads it=20
on 6 meters ... how well it WORKS on 6 meters is something=20
I have yet to determine ... I'm not a 6m enthusiast ... the=20
decline in the current sunspot cycle may change my mind <g> ...
Its suspended in an inverted vee config ... abt 40' up at
the apex ...

I have ARRL WAS/WAC/ARRL QRP DXCC with 2-5 watts, and am=20
closing in on 200 REAL DXCC countries with a mix of QRP/QRO=20
ops ... I like the antenna ... it gets out as well as anything I could=20
put up in a subdivision with C,C & R's ... you need enough real=20
estate for the length, but you've probably got that or you wouldn't=20
have posed the question <g>) ...

I say give it a try ... it won't out-perform a directional array, but it =

will do well and won't have the problems that trap dipoles present ...

73 de Weymouth Walker ... K8EAB in Georgia ...
K2 # 2650
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> Last night I worked a station in California using a windom antenna and =
he
> blew the socks off my K2. We discussed the Windom and he said it's the
> only antenna he's used for many years. My poor butternut vertical is =
almost
> embarrasing on the air! Of all the stations I heard last night, he was =
the
> strongest by far and using 100 watts. I'm sure propagation was helping =
but
> other 6 stations were very weak. Anyone on the reflector built a =
windom,
> they don't look difficult to build? Found a good website
> http://www.packetradio.com/windom.htm on how to build one. Since I =
built
> my own radio shouldn't I build my own antenna?
> Thanks,
> Roy Vickers (KF5YU)
> Central Texas


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