Well said Jim, There is no way to obtain equal and opposite currents on the feedline with an offset fed antenna - they are a sure recipe for RF-in-the-shack. As much acclaim as the Carolina Windom gets, that fact is still true, one just cannot run high power with such an antenna - at low power the RF levels may be tolerable, but at high power, they can wreak havoc in the shack with RF all over everything.
73, Don W3FPR On 3/9/2012 5:58 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > On 3/9/2012 1:50 PM, Bill wrote: >> I have found the easiest single antenna to utilize is the OCF > Off center fed antennas are a recipe for noise pickup on the feedline. > While a good common mode choke can help, off-center feed can also burn > up a common mode choke if you're running much power. > > Bottom line -- off-center-fed antennas are a bad idea. > > 73, Jim Brown K9YC > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
