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Re: [TowerTalk] Shunt fed tower for 160m

To: Stan Stockton <wa5rtg@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Shunt fed tower for 160m
From: "J. Hunt via TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Reply-to: "J. Hunt" <ki5dq@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 02:51:38 +0000 (UTC)
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 Great start.
Been shunt feeding my 116' tower successfully >25 years with a remote 
controlled capacitor.Easily achieve a 50 ohm load through-out the entire band. 

Thanks n 73,Jameski5dq

    On Thursday, April 7, 2022, 09:45:00 PM CDT, Stan Stockton 
<wa5rtg@gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 It will be guyed but, of course, with non conductive guying.

> On Apr 7, 2022, at 9:14 PM, J. Hunt <ki5dq@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> 
> Stan,
> 
> Is the 80' tower guyed or a self supporter?
> 
> Cheers,
> James
> On Thursday, April 7, 2022, 08:56:01 PM CDT, Stan Stockton <wa5rtg@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
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> 
> I am interested in knowing what the detriment might be if you had a 80 foot 
> tower with a large Yagi for top loading within four feet of a 20 foot tall 
> concrete building with lots of rebar and a metal roof.  
> 
> I’m not worried about matching the tower for 50 ohm feed but worried about 
> whether the concrete structure will attenuate the radiated signal and if so, 
> by how much.
> 
> Thanks…Stan, ZF9CW
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