Gentlemen,
I have forgotten where I got the antenna!  And the next thing to try 
is checking the SWR, of course.  But it sounds down - The Wireman 
doesn't seem to have a balun so I shall widen my search.  Tom, I 
remember your balun problem.  Thanks for the suggestions.
Pat, K9JAuAt 07:56 PM 9/27/2014, you wrote:
>Pat,
>
>How is the SWR on the Windom?  Did this antenna come from Radio Works by
>any chance?   They sell a lot of them, and they seem to work well,  but
>    they have had   a problem with water getting into the balun or
>matching thing, or whatever it is.
>
>73, Steve KW3A
>
>On 9/27/2014 8:11 PM, Pat Byrne wrote:
> > I hate to re-introduce things that have already been discusssed but I
> > am having a problem with my Carolina Windem.  The last time i was on
> > forty meters, the G5RV outperformed the Windem significantly.  I will
> > try more comparisons but perhaps the ballun has failed and I am
> > looking at a replacement.  My back yard situation makes raising and
> > lowering the antenna a bit problematic and finding eyes attached to
> > good antena folks is dificult, so I am thinking it is time to do
> > something different when I round up that antenna crew.
> > I can do sixty-six feet either side of open wire line reasonably
> > easily and could have a balun where the feed line comes in to the
> > crawl space.  I want a 75 and forty meter antena that will do a
> > credible job.  And of course I could replace the balun on the
> > existing setup.  The Windem has done very well when it is right.
> > What is the collective wisdom?
> > Thanks.
> > Pat, K9JAU
> >
> >
> >