[Antennas] more questions

Thu Jan 27 08:08:11 EST 2005

Hi Alex,
could you be more specific about the article in QST? When the mentioned 
article was published?
Thanks,
Nermin S58DX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Eban" <alexeban at bezeqint.net>
To: "'David J Windisch'" <davidw at copper.net>; <antennas at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:35 PM
Subject: RE: [Antennas] more questions
> RIGHT!!!
> What's important is to GET OUT!!
> Open feeders are known for their low losses. Soooo, whatever you do, at
> least you know feeder losses don't come into play.
> One thing you can think of is the offset feed dipole, aka FD4 antenna,
> miscalled Windom. That one presents more reasonable impedances on the
> amateur bands and can be fed with a balun and coax practically on all 
> bands.
> Even the 6:1 balun they recommend is quite easily made at home. I'm right
> now in the process of modifying my doublet to the offset feed.
> If you're interested, write me off line and I'll send you the article from
> QST.
> Alex 4Z5KS
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