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1. Re: Topband: Inverted L Tuning Question (score: 1)
Author: "Victor A. Kean, Jr." <vkean@k1lt.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 21:15:13 -0500
Don't connect it to the tower ground, unless you disconnect or detune the tower. Lay out a dozen radials, as long as you can make them. Shorten your L a bit or, better, put a series capacitor in line
/archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00043.html (7,887 bytes)

2. Re: Topband: Inverted L Tuning Question (score: 1)
Author: "Victor A. Kean, Jr." <vkean@k1lt.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 21:17:13 -0500
I didn't read very well. Maybe you are in the equivalent of a salt water marsh. For efficiency, the way to tell that you have enough radials is when adding radials doesn't change the base impedance
/archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00044.html (7,547 bytes)

3. Re: Topband: Inverted L Tuning Question (score: 1)
Author: "Cliff Frescura" <cf@cfcorp.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 18:51:55 -0800
Don't bond to the tower - it increases the interaction with the antenna. Think of the antenna as a bent vertical and add more radials. The Z you should be looking for is around 25 ohms. When you add
/archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00045.html (10,420 bytes)


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