Re: Topband: Electrical height of short shunt fed tower?

["Edward Swynar" <gswynar@durham.net>]

Years & years ago a learned & wise old Ham radio sage & friend of mine once
said that ANY tower---capped with a beam up top, or not---will ALWAYS be 50%
taller ELECTRICALLY than it is PHYSICALLY.

I've tested this hypothesis on at least two separate occasions by way of
others who were shunt-feeding their towers, & they all agreed that the "1.5
times" increase is, indeed, quite consistent & valid...

~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ


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