TopBand: Shunt Fed Tower Question

[Donald B. Hall]

Bill, 

The use of an exterder wire at the top of the tower is shown in  W1FB's
 Antenna Notebook, page page 49.

I'm sure there are other references but this is a quick one.

Don   K5AQ
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> From: Bill Gibbons <wjgibbon@mailbox.syr.edu>
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: TopBand: Shunt Fed Tower Question
> Date: Monday, November 24, 1997 5:58 AM
> 
> Easy question for the experts.  Why isn't there ever any mention of
> extending the electrical length of shunt fed towers with horizontal
> wires off the top?  Wouldn't this be quite similar to the inverted L
> idea?   I have a 54 foot tower with a WARC yagi and TH6 at the top. I
> presently shunt feed it with an omega match.  Would I improve its
> performance by adding a 50 foot or so horizontal wire from the top??
> Thanks,  Bill  K2TQC
> 
> 
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