RF in the Shack

[W9JEF]

OCF? In a closet? what were you working, 1296?

Actually, it was 80 meters. Originally had a half-wave folded dipole
made entirely of 300 ohm line, slung between opposite corners of the yard.

With an eye toward multiband operation (and feedpoint closer to the shack),
I replaced it with a 120 foot Windom, fed with a pair of B&W air-wound balun coils.
Alas, my signal reports on 80 meters were reduced by about 10 db.

On the bright side, the RF induced in the house wiring
compensated for the key-down dimming of the lights. :)