Topband: Shunt Fed Question

[Jim Brown]

On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 11:56:36 -0800, Tree wrote:

>This might not be the answer you are hoping for - but I think your
>tower is too long electrically to work well on 160.  I have never 
>heard of someone having a tower that high that really worked well.

Don't tell K5RC (W7RN) that. His new 160 transmit antenna (about a 
year) is a quarter wave, and he is BIG on 160. When we were lined up 
trying to run JA this morning, one JA who was doing a lot of 
spotting said he was the loudest. Yes, the beam adds some top 
loading, but it should be possible to match that. 

73,

Jim K9YC