Topband: Fw: 25G insulators

[C L Dietz]

> Why not shunt feed it, Its a lot cheaper and more user friendly in a
thunder
> storm and works just as well
>
I agree with Allen.  I have shunt fed several towers and they all worked
extremely well.  Plus, it is better when you have antennas on the tower with
feed lines that have to bridge the gap at the base.

A full size 160 vertical will draw big arcs during thunderstorms.  At NR5M
they had to short the vertical to ground with an auto battery jumper cable.

Chuck W5PR