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From: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji@w8ji.com>
To: "Herb Krumich" <wa2fgk@yahoo.com>; <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Inverted L question
I am right now using an inverted L which is spaced about 4 feet away from
my tower. The vertical leg is about 85 feet. I only have 6 radials at the
present time
Now here is the question
The horizontal leg is about 50 feet and goes to my back yard. Since the
trees are not that high, it probably slopes down to 40 feet at the far end
The horizontal wire faces west..
Would it help me to face that wire to the south for east west signals on
transmit. I am hearing very well with a 550 foot beverage. >>>
At a prior QTH I had a 100' tower with a Christmas tree of HB 4 el wide
spaced yagis for 10-15-20M and a 4 el KLM 40M on another tower about 60'
away.
The 100' tower was shunt fed on 160. Several months after the KLM was
installed the VSWR went haywire and I used a coax balun until moving several
years later. Never considered the possibility of another antenna causing the
problem BUT KLM also suggested later to connect the parasitic elements to
the boom with aluminum strap.
In the 60's I had baluns burn out twice on a TH6 and finally went with a
coil of coax. A 6 el 6M yagi was about 4' above it and fed with the legal
limit. Coincidence? Both were similar construction I believe.
Carl
KM1H
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