[SFDXA] The GRASSWIRE, another approach to hidden HF antennas - K3MT

[Kai Siwiak]

Hi Bill,
Thanks, interesting link. I built and use a version of what he calls an 
"off center fed Windom" (actually it is just an off center fed dipole). 
  I used coax for the shorter leg. I then used ferrite chokes on that 
coax at what would be the near end of the dipole. So it is an "in-line 
fed-off center dipole".   I feed it through an automatic antenna tuner. 
The total length of my dipoole is around 30 ft of wire for one leg, and 
10.5 feet of RG-174 coax for the other leg (nothing critical here). It 
can be resonated on 80m - 10m with an Elecraft T1 tuner that I feed with 
an FT817 QRP rig. It has a very small footprint, and is easy to hide. I 
just need one support at the far end.
The entire antenna can be neatly rolled up and stored in a small zip 
lock bag which takes up very little space in my "HF go-bag" QRP 
station.  How does it perform? So far worked C32T and all over EU and 
Russia using 2.5 watts.

73
Kai, KE4PT



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