[Johnson] G5RV info request

[Brian Hunsaker]

At 6:15 PM -0700 1/3/04, KENNETH A CRIPS wrote:
>Another thing to think about is the fact that the Windom antenna as it built
>today is not the original design.  The Original was not fed with coax or
>ladder line it was
>fed by a simple wire, it tapped the horizontal part of the antenna at the
>desired
>impedance point. The only thing the modern "Windom" shares with the original
>is it
>over all shape, it is a much better design.
>
>
>
>Kenneth A. Crips Station W7ITC, Cheyenne, Wyoming. With the Chew Crew
>Irish Terriers named Beezie, Chic, and
>Cowboy.
>
>_______________________________________________
>Johnson mailing list
>Johnson@mailman.qth.net
>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/johnson

Good point, Kenneth.  I failed to mention that. The original Windoms 
required a good RF ground on the other side of the rig.  Mine is of 
the "new" breed. Coax feed with matching balun inline at the 
feedpoint.

Brian
-- 
r. b. hunsaker
  ***  The Ark was built by an amateur - the Titanic by professionals.  ***