[TowerTalk] Fwd: OWAs or Fans?

[Jim Brown]

On Thu,6/16/2016 7:26 AM, Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk wrote:
> Open wire feeders are simple to use if you know to address a few things


The thing that it is NOT POSSIBLE to address is choking the feedline at 
the feedpoint (that is, where it junctions the dipole). This makes the 
antenna inherently noisy in most parts of the real world. Off-center-fed 
antennas like Windoms are even worse in that regard.

This doesn't mean that they don't radiate -- that's NOT the issue. 
There's nothing wrong with these antennas in concept, only that we as 
hams are surrounded by RF noise sources.

73, Jim K9YC