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Re: [TowerTalk] Loading Coils

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Loading Coils
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2025 10:06:46 -0700
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On 8/2/2025 9:52 AM, Steve Jones wrote:
Just an alternate approach:  I made my 160M "Tee" vertical with the tee top 
long enough to resonate at around 1600 KHz.  Then cancelled the inductive reactance with 
a series air variable in a weatherproof box at the base.

I've done the same, tweaked length for 50 + jX, measured it, and added fixed caps with low ESR at the feedpoint.

73, Jim K9YC

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