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[TowerTalk] End feeding a half-wave vetical

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Subject: [TowerTalk] End feeding a half-wave vetical
From: "Tim Cotton, N4UM" <N4UM@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:15:31 -0400
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I have a 30 meter half wave vertical mounted on a dock piling over salt water.  
I feed it with an old Dentron "Super Tuner" right at the base.  The tuner is 
housed in a Rubbermaid storage box.  On long haul DX it runs rings around my 30 
meter inverted vee and my quarter wave vertical (also mounted over salt water). 
 I use no radials... but have a sheets of copper in the salt water under each 
vertical.  I use about 40 square feet of surface area for each vertical.  
Interestingly the half wave vertical is MUCH MUCH quieter on receiving than 
either of the other antennas.  This may be simply due to placement.
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