Topband: Shunt feeding a tower with side mounted Yagi

[ford@cmgate.com (Ford Peterson)]

From: "Brad Rehm"

>
> I was surprised to find that adding three guy sections, each 15-20
> feet long, had no measurable affect on the resonant frequency of the
> tower.
>

When you model a "hat" on a tower, the angle at which you hang the hat is
very important.  Straight down--no effect.  Straight out 90 degrees--maximum
effect.  Somewhere in between, say 45 degrees, some effect but not much.  I
suspect that angle at which you guy the tower is perhaps roughly 30 degrees
at the top, which is toward the "no effect" side of things.

Ford-N0FP
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