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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
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