Topband: shunt fed tower - question?

[Tom Rauch]

>          Changed my mind since it's not clear to me it
would
> help much.  35 kHz 2:1 BW is fine for my normal use.
Would
> go to a motorized shunt capacitor if I needed more BW.

A "wider" shunt might increase BW, because it is certainly
part of the overall selectivity or Q of the array. At some
point, however, the parasitic elements will dominate the
bandwidth. Maybe you are already at that point.

73 Tom