The Carolina WIndom is easy to duplicate for about $3 to $5 or if you have a good junk box, for nothing!
I will just look at these sites and follow directions: http://users.erols.com/k3mt/windom/windom.htm http://www.packetradio.com/windom.htm http://www.qsl.net/ea4eoz/hfbalun.html It looks like it will be easy if I can just find enough space to bend it around asmall yard and get it high enough up in the air to catch a few passing Electrcons and Gausses! On 24 Dec 2004 at 8:36, Mark Bell wrote: > They go for more than that on the "e" place; > > I put up my "temporary" HB 40/80 meter dipole in Dec 1999 just to last > through the winter; it's still there...... I must confess I broke down and > brought a Carolina Windom last month to replace it..... just have to wait > for the wx to get bad before I swap antennas.... > > 73 Mark K3MSB > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geoff/W5OMR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Robert Nickels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Discussion of AM Radio" > <amradio@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 3:30 AM > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] The AM Window > > > > What gets me, is that there's some one, or some company, that's > commercially > > packaging what results in nothing more than a couple of eye-hooks screwed > into > > some PVC, an SO-239 on the bottom, a couple of hanks of wire, and 50' of > RG-58 > > and these "dipole kits" are selling for $80. (That's no typo, that's > *EIGHTY* > > Dollars!) > > > > As seen at "The Ham Store" in San Antonio (another reason I won't set foot > in > > the place). > > > > 73 = Best Regards, > > -Geoff/W5OMR > > > > (A fool and his money are soon partying) > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > AMRadio mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
