[SEDXC] Question for the Antenna Gurus

[Ben Coleman]

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Paul Pescitelli wrote:
> You never know until you try... I have a off center fed windom
> (inverted-v style) with the balun at about 35 feet, I have worked tons
> of dx from my non-antenna friendly Jack-N-Jill neighborhood. Worked
> lots of stations even running QRP for a while, it was with this setup
> I got over 1K miles/watt on 40 cw. Ya just gotta try it!

I'll second that motion.  I've been running 'slop' antennas ("measurements?
We don't need no steenking measurements!") for a long time.  A lot of them
worked poorly, but the best of them is a doublet or off-center-fed wire fed by
 ladder-line with a tuner at the shack end.  I've at times been pleasantly
surprised by signal reports from DX.

Ben
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