[TowerTalk] Wire antenna help needed

[Mike & Becca Krzystyniak]

The bulk of my 160M DXCC QSO's used an OCFD (270' E2E fed about 90' from one end). 
With winds and heavy icing, it never fell down.
It worked quite well on 80M too.

YMMV especially if the materials lack a robustness for the environment.

K9MK


-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of RCM
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 3:05 PM
To: Joe Subich, W4TV
Cc: towertalk reflector
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wire antenna help needed


> On Mar 22, 2017, at 13:49, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I would not recommend the Carolina Windom as I had one literally fall 
> apart due to UV degradation of the PVC DMU (feedpoint) housing here in 
> Florida.
> 

To say a Carolina Windom is no good because yours fell down, is saying Ford cars are no good because I had a flat tire.

I think the term “Carolina Windom” was given as a cute name in some magazine article, describing someones version of an off center fed dipole.

Made from junk, they fall down. 

I have never tried one, so I can’t comment on performance.

You can make a bad antenna (performing)  from good components.
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