[Elecraft] Windom Antennas
David A. Belsley
[email protected]
Sat Jun 7 08:50:01 2003
George:
Yes, it does indeed. Now, get rid of the ladder line for open wire, get
rid of the balun for a properly balanced transmatch, and then lets hear the
comparison between the EDZ and the vertical.
best wishes,
dave belsley, w1euy
--On Friday, June 6, 2003 8:25 PM -0500 "George, W5YR" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hi, Dave
>
> Each is fed with 450-ohm ladderline to a bead balun and RG-8X (about 5 ft)
> to the tuner input. Both feeds are the same so the tuning is identical for
> both. I get a 90 deg pattern shift by flipping the tuner switch. Sometimes
> it make a 3-4 S unit difference, other times little or no difference. Well
> worth having up. They also tune 80 - 10 very well with some gain on 20 and
> up.
>
> That answer the question?
>
> 73/72, George
> Amateur Radio W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas
> Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13QE
> "In the 57th year and it just keeps getting better!"
> <mailto:[email protected]>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David A. Belsley" <[email protected]>
> To: "George, W5YR" <[email protected]>; "Elecraft" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 6:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Windom Antennas
>
>
>> George:
>> I'd sure like to know how you are feeding those EDZs.
>
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David A. Belsley
Professor of Economics