Re: [TowerTalk] A couple of 18HT questions

[Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>]

Sorry, I don't get it.  If it is a srewdriver thingy then I like the 
inverted "L" better with no moving parts and automatic band switching, 
no need to fiddle with tuning.
...but, I am open to something new especially if I can see some 
advantage.  Drop the other shoe.  Give some details about what you refer 
to please.
Patrick  NJ5G


On 12/17/2014 5:10 PM, WW3S wrote:
> you mean like a screwdriver antenna coil?
>
> > On 12/17/2014 11:30:03 AM, KJ6Y--- via TowerTalk (towertalk@contesting.com) 
> > wrote:
> > > Another way to add 160 to the Hytower is use one of the  mobile  antenna
> > coils from Hi-Q or similar.  You then have a  remotely tunable antenna for 160
> > and 80, with out having to change taps.
> >   
> >   
> > Skip,  KJ6Y
> > _Communications Service  Co_ (http://www.communicationsserviceco.com/)
> > 818-887-3569
> >
> >
> >   
> >   
> > In a message dated 12/17/2014 6:24:12 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> > patrick_g@windstream.net writes:
> >
> > The  Hy-Gain Hy-Tower (AKA  can work 160 with the base loading coil but
> > it  is not my preferred method.  If you have room for the "horizontal"
> > run, Hy-Gain has a kit to add 160 meters in a way I like better as it
> > requires no tapping of the coil and switching the coil in or out of the
> > circuit (not convenient.)
> >
> > The kit consists of a 40 meter trap which  is attached to the vertical at
> > the top of the 24 ft triangular portion and  continues on (bare antenna
> > wire) to the supplied end insulator (provided)  forming an inverted "L"
> > configuration.  The 40 Meter trap is to keep  the long wire from detuning
> > the antenna's 40 meter function. This makes  160 band switching
> > "automatic" like the other bands.
> >
> > Oh, ...and
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