I am aware of the issues with this antenna on 80/160. I was curious if adding a wire T to the top would improve the performance on these two bands. I am unclear what the length of the T would be or w
Have you read Phil Salas' article on base loading for this antenna on his website? http://www.ad5x.com/images/Articles/Match160.pdf Al AB2ZY ________________________________________ From: towertalk-b
Great article! thanks for sharing. 73 Jim W7RY _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://l
Top loading the 43' will increase its radiation resistance and thereby the efficiency. DX Eng has some top hats in their catalog. Some of the Antenna Compendiums have articles. It's an interesting qu
I spoke to one manufacturer of these and they are working on a version with 3 or 4 top guys that are a combination of wire and "rope" to effectively create top loading. They are not sure just how muc
You might wan to talk to W4EF about this sort of strategy. I think he's been using the guys as top load scheme in his desert sojourns for top band contests. Theres sort of a tradeoffs too, depending
Here are a few numbers from a 20 minute modeling exercise with EZNEC 43' vertical modeled as a 1.75' diameter conductor and adding 4 top load wires at 47 deg angle to ground each 13.5' long and a per