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Question: I plan on putting up an off center fed dipole antenna--I need it for 80/40 meters. anyone have recommendations. experience.?
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What height is the apex for your setup?I have their 133ft 80m version and of all the antennas I've used in my lifetime, this is now my go to home antenna for the lower bands.
I would recommend a good common mode choke balun as by design, an OCF/Windom can have RF on the coax .
What height is the apex for your setup?
Do the legs have any bends in them due to space limitations?
I am using a home brewed OCF now around that length with a current balun and I plan on staying with an OCF for years to come due to it handling the lower bands. I have other antennas deployed, but I do like the wide coverage it offers.
The apex on my OCF is 10m AGL. My property size limitation requires that each leg has a bend which runs horizontally. I previously used a 40-6 m OCF and the legs never quite reached their anchor points. It sang pretty well on 40 and 20.
Man, I really want another property. A remote location for RX only gear away from RF and TX/RX here at home.
I do the same here with a K4KIO Hexbeam. I like it too, especially when I observed how well it initially performed at just 6' when putting it together and testing.At home I do supplement the OFC with a NA4RR Hexbeam for 20 through 6m. One problem with any long wire antenna is lots of lobes and nulls on the higher bands and you can't rotate the house to make use of the sweet spots. I really like the Hexbeam.