Simple Ham Radio Antennas

  If you want to experiment with a fascinating HF antenna, then try this modified "Windom" design from Stan Gibilisco (W1GV). This design is based on the pioneering efforts of General Loren Windom (W8GZ), Howard Williams (W9BXQ), John Byrne (W8DKZ) back in the 1920s.  The "Windom" has proven to be one of favorite "classic" HF antennas used by radio amateurs. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PbOfZYzCUE. Here are a few comments from Stan (W1GV): Read more about this venerable wire antenna at http://www.packetradio.com/windom.htm Transcript Follow along using the transcript. Show transcript Stan Gibilisco 38.5K subscribers ----- Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).

. If you can't view this video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6OfZYzCUE. One of the things I enjoy about antennas is the opportunity to build some of the classic antenna designs used in the early days of Amateur Radio.  The Windom Antenna is a good example of an early antenna design which continues in a variety of variants today. The modern Windom Antenna is a close cousin of the original off-center-fed dipole created by Loren Windom (ex-W8GZ) back in the early 1920s.  Windom's original idea was to design an off-center-fed (OCF) horizontal antenna to present a feed point impedance of around 600 ohms, close enough to match the surge impedance of a single-wire feed line.  Nowadays, variants of the Windom Antenna are fed by coaxial cable and a variety of balanced feed lines. In this video from Stan Gibilisco (W1GV) we get a thorough understanding of the theory, design, construction, and use of a "mode...