Pat, thanks for the response.  I plan to call Radio Wavz next week for info
on adjusting the windom.  I noticed that the end insulators appear to be
adjustable but I want to talk to one of their technicians before I make any
changes.

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Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 11:36 AM
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Subject: Re: Update on 80 meter windom antenna

Fred,
My commercial Windem came with insulators at the ends but with a jumper
connected to about a foot on the long side and somewhat shorter on the
short side then to two more insulators and antenna termination.  The
peperwork indicated that this might be beneficial to reach a reasonable SWR
at the low end of 80 meters.  In my situation it was not necessary but FYI.
Pat, K9JAUAt 05:01 AM 8/4/2013, you wrote:
>I think you guys remember me asking for info on the 10 thru 80 meter 
>windom antenna a couple of weeks ago and I thought I would bring you up 
>to date on my progress.  I purchased the antenna from Radio WAVZ and 
>got it up on my tower about 6 PM Friday evening so I haven't had time for
lots of testing.
>I had just enough room to put it up without any bends or turns.  The 
>apex is up at about 37 feet and the ends up at 10 feet.  I had enough 
>COAX to make only a 3 turns choke with adding extra COAX and so far I 
>have had no RF.  I can tune allbands with my LDG tuner except 15 
>meters.  I do not need a tuner on the 40 meter band and I didn't try 60 
>meters as I couldn't remember the frequencies.  The highest SWR is on 
>75 meters and I would like to bring it down some if possible.  On 75 
>meters the SWR is 6.0 and the other bands run from 2.0 to just over 
>3.0.The low end of 75 meters is about
>3.5 SWR.I do not want to make any quick changes as I suspect making any 
>changes may change the other bands also.  Band reception has not been 
>very good but as best I can tell the antenna seems to receive well. It 
>sure is nice to get most of the bands with a single dipole antenna.  I 
>will appreciate any suggestions for improvement and especially bringing 
>down the SWR on 75 meters.  Thanks much,