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Re: [TowerTalk] Shunt Feeding a Vertical

To: VE6WZ_Steve <ve6wz@shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Shunt Feeding a Vertical
From: K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2019 19:27:39 -0500
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I must disagree. I’ve been shunt feeding a 21 meter tower on 160 for years, 
with a simple gamma match. At most, it is electrically 3/16 wavelength. 

See ON4UN’s book. 

73,
Scott K9MA 

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Scott Ellington. K9MA

 --- via iPhone

> On Sep 5, 2019, at 5:40 PM, VE6WZ_Steve <ve6wz@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> Your tower is too short for a shunt-feed.  It needs to be inductive at the 
> QRG of interest, 90 degrees or more (1/4 WL).

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