[TenTec] 160 M antenna
Steve Hunt
steve at karinya.net
Sat Nov 9 06:29:02 EST 2013
Rick,
The original article was in Radio Communication November 1986. The
mechanical tuning mechanism was not for the faint-hearted :) but if you
already have a spare screwdriver antenna it's a good option.
The same RSGB book that had Tim's article also had mine on a 40ft 160m
vertical with capacity hat loading. I used 6 wires (part of the guys)
with "perimeter" wires - they make a big difference to the capacity and
don't introduce opposing current vectors. The article includes a plot of
how the feedpoint resistance changed as I added radials.
Sketch of the antenna here:
http://www.karinya.net/g3txq/temp/160m_vertical.png
73,
Steve G3TXQ
On 09/11/2013 10:47, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
> Thanks Steve,
>
> I will try to locate that article.
>
>
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