Topband: Arcing Prevention

[Pete Smith]

At 02:27 PM 11/10/2005, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:

>Pete Smith wrote: 
> 
>> Sometime within the last month or two I recall reading a 
>> description of a matching system for a 2-band vertical (80 
>> and 160, or 40 and 20, second harmonic relationship) that 
>> avoided switching altogether by some cleverness with 
>> arrangement of matching components.  Can't for the life of me 
>> remember the specifics, though - does this ring any bells? 
>
>
>A 20 and 40 Meter Vertical on "Autopilot" - K6MHE 
>   QST, September 2005,  pp 28-30 
That's the one, Joe - amazing, because I looked at the last year's QSTs but looked right past it.  I'm not sure if the idea is applicable to a shunt-fed tower or not, but it seems worth considering anyway, in order to avoid relays.

Thanks, and 73,

Pete N4ZR