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Re: Topband: Voltage at top of vertical and scaling?

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Subject: Re: Topband: Voltage at top of vertical and scaling?
From: Jeff Blaine <KeepWalking188@ac0c.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 19:01:54 -0500
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Is this an intellectual exercise or Jim do you want to do something at the top of this vert - like hang a vac relay there to engage some 160m top hat cap loading wires?

73/jeff/ac0c
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On 4/16/19 6:52 PM, HP wrote:
Just for grins - did a EZNEC free space - perfect ground - with 80 m vertical 
of #12 wire resonant at 3.55 mhz
then put another #12 quarter wave resonant wire at right angles to the top thru 
1 megohm -1500 watts in to the vert
(says its 36.42 + j 0 at source ) says there is 3042 volts at angle -92.56 deg 
across the 1 meg resistor .

If go to 10 megs it says 3051 at -93.6 deg and base goes to 36.23 +J 0.02

at 10K its says 1245 v at -29.7 deg and base goes to 41.62 + J 8.2

FWIW and grins --

Hank K7HP

----- On Apr 16, 2019, at 6:38 AM, Jim Miller <jim@jtmiller.com> wrote:

| Is there any data on what the voltage might be at the top of a full size
| 80m vertical at 1500w input?

| Is there some zener like ionization at the top that limits the voltage?

| If so is there a way to estimate the voltage at lower points along the
| vertical? I assume the scaling wouldn't be linear since starting at the
| bottom on 36 ohms (sorta) and going to "infinity" at the top would preclude
| that.

| Thanks

| jim ab3cv
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