Well, Steve, it's worth a try, if I can get the time and the help to do
so.
Will keep you posted, and will try somehow to get on 160 this winter.
I thought of maybe trying to manually tune the Windom on 160, but the
analyzer says the SWR is so far up there that manual tuning probably
wouldn't be effective either.
Oh well, we'll keep thinking on it here.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: Windom
> Hi Tom,
>
> Congrats on the new one. For 160, maybe the fastest and least trouble
> would be to replace the existing 80/40 dipole with a shortened (loaded)
> dipole for 160. You could also go vertical, but that would require a
> ground system. An inverted L needs about 130 feet of wire, part of which
> is vertical and the rest horizontal. If your tower is 50 feet high, you
> have the vertical part of the antenna held off your tower and then the
> remaining 80 feet runs horiz. to a tree or something. Feedpoint is at
> ground level and again, you need a radial system.
>
> Do a google search for 160 meter antennas, and you will find a bunch.
> You
> can homebrew a shortened vertical, but once again will need a ground
> system.
> Look for you on 160 this winter.
>
> I think a few years ago Phil from this list posted his homebrew 160 vert.
> I may be wrong about that, but maybe he can chime in on this.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 7:20 PM
> Subject: Windom
>
>
>> Hello all.
>>
>> Well, this past week-end, we finally got my new Windom up.
>>
>> However, there's one small bummer.
>>
>> We couldn't do the large 160-meter version, simply because my property
>> was
>> not big enough to accommodate it. So, I now have an 80-meter Windom.
>>
>> It's approximately 125 feet long--80 feet to the south, and 45 feet to
>> the
>> north. The center is mounted to my tower, with each leg mounted to
>> conveniently-located trees. The center, and the legs are basically about
>> 35
>> feet up.
>>
>> The antenna tunes with the auto-tuner in the TS480 on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15,
>> and 10 meters.
>>
>> It doesn't tune on 30 meters, which doesn't surprise me.
>>
>> I haven't tried the 60 meter freqs yet, so will let everyone know how
>> that
>> is.
>>
>> So, I guess I'll have to wait to somehow get on 160 meters some other
>> Winter.
>>
>> But you know what they say: Any antenna is a compromise, and at least
>> I'm
>> now in better shape on some of the bands than I was before.
>>
>> If anyone has any neat ideas for getting on 160, let me know.
>>
>> My hf antennas are now the new Windom, an old 80/40 meter dipole that
>> doesn't work too well, and my KLM tri-bander for 10, 15, and 20.
>>
>> 73 from Tom behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>
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