Topband: Toploading of shunt fed tower
Jarda Semotan
ok1rd at sxg.cz
Thu Feb 10 09:44:45 EST 2005
Let me take a share in discussion the toploading of shut fed towers.
I am using currently shunt fed tower 27m high top loaded by the biggest Mosley`s antenna PRO96S-30. All works excellently for several years and accepts " full " power. I measured this system and found that my 160m TX antenna ( used for TXing only ) is 130 degrees electrically long.
Nevertheless I have ordered in Fluidmotion Antennas ( in touch Mike ) a
MonstIR antenna to test and compare parameters both antennas in practice.
I am trying to find answer to the same question if shunt fed tower with a new MonstIR on a top could be tuned by SteppIR system and mainly if MonstIR withstand the high power of 1,8MHz frequency. The weakness what I foresee is BALUN matching but I guess that decoupling trap tuned into 160m band could help.
I will invite any know-how which this problems are concerned.
73 Jarda, OK1RD
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