- 1. [TowerTalk] shut fed tower and rotator (score: 1)
- Author: Gary Slagel <gdslagel@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:25:31 -0800 (PST)
- I recently built 2 verticals for 80 and 160 by shuntfeeding my tower. They both seem to load nicely and are broadbanded, partly because of an insufficient radial system. When I transmit on either
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-02/msg00267.html (7,909 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] shut fed tower and rotator (score: 1)
- Author: K8RI on TT <k8ri-on-towertalk@tm.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:53:39 -0500
- It could be coming in on either or both the coax or rotator cable. As you are showing a good match, I assume the match is at the tower and you are not using a line tuner at the shack. When operating
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-02/msg00268.html (9,143 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] shut fed tower and rotator (score: 1)
- Author: "Diane and Edward Swynar" <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:00:15 -0500
- Hi Gary, I've never shunt-fed my tower here (it's a 48' self-supporter, with a Hygain TH3 atop it), however, when I first installed it, the rotator needle would "dance" in sync with my QRO 160-meter
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-02/msg00269.html (9,468 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] shut fed tower and rotator (score: 1)
- Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@verizon.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:07:48 -0500
- Gary: I shunt-feed my tower on 160 and 80M, too, and don't have that problem with the rotator indicator. I'm running 100W. I think it's because I have two solenoid-like coils in the rotator control c
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-02/msg00272.html (12,558 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TowerTalk] shut fed tower and rotator (score: 1)
- Author: Gary Slagel <gdslagel@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:22:42 -0800 (PST)
- Thanks for the ideas on the rf in the rotator control. Got enough feedback that I wasn't worried about damage to the rotator so I went ahead and did my testing at KW. Sure enuff, the new 80M vertic
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-02/msg00279.html (8,992 bytes)
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