Topband: 200pF HV-capacitor for shunt feeding

[Tree]

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 08:51:32AM +0100, Johannes Wilke wrote:

> Does anybody know where to get a 200pF HV-capacitor for shunt feeding a 
> tower on 160m? Is it possible to use RG213-cable as capacitor?

Yes - I do this on my shunt feed tower.  It works very well.  However, if
you are running high power, you will need to take care with the end of
the capacitor as it can arc very easily.  

Please see this posting for more info:

http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Topband/1997-12/msg00110.html

73 Tree N6TR