[TowerTalk] OCF Windom

[Edward McCann]

See the following attachment, then go to QST archives for the original article September 1929 article and become enlightened.

73,
Ed McCann
AG6CX


https://www.iz3mez.it/wp-content/library/appunti/W4RNL%20L.%20B.%20Cebik%20-%20Windom%20-%20Ethereal%20Adornments.pdf

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> On Aug 28, 2016, at 9:53 AM, Tom Osborne <w7why at frontier.com> wrote:
> 
> Some OT's will remember the single wire fed, Windom antenna that was
> popular back in the day.  There were a lot of these on the air.
> 
> The Windom back then was a wire around 135 feet long, fed with a single
> wire, around 1/3 of the way from the end.
> 
> What I am wondering is, is this actually a horizontal type antenna, fed
> with single wire, or it is more of a 'T' vertical, with the feed wire
> actually the radiator?
> 
> I think to actually be a vertical, it wound have to be fed against ground,
> but I have seen recommendations for using a G5RV type antenna by tying the
> center conductor and shield together and feeding it like a vertical.
> 
> Just curious.  73
> Tom W7WHY
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