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Subject: Topband: Shunt Feed
From: "Mike(W5UC) & Kathy (K5MWH)" <w5uc@suddenlink.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:38:08 -0500
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Greetings fellow Topbanders:

Please, an antenna question. For the last several years I have use a Inverted L on 160. Rscently I became able to run more power (from 450 watts up to 1 KW output. At that point it appeared that I had developed an arc somewhere in my antenna system, so I abandoned the inverted L for shunt feed of my tower(which many years ago, I used successfully), I have been able to successfully match the Shunt Fed tower using a Omega Match'


So my question is: How effective is a Shunt Fed tower, AND, is it more effective than the Inverted L?

73,
Mike, W5UC
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