Topband: My Top Loaded Vertical

[Robert Briggs]

Hi all, I am just constructing a new top loading system for my 160 meter 
vertical...The support mast is 36 feet of 13 inch a side triangular mast 
with a 10 foot extention to the loading coil a 70uh edge wound inductor 
and a 12 foot diameter spoked capacitance hat making the structure 50 
feet high....Would adding a further 10 foot extention above the 
capacitance hat add to the hat influence overall or would the top hat 
shield the extra length....The spoked hat has a stainless steel woven 
cable around the perimeter...The vertical is sitting on an insulator 
with a coil at the base to resonate the antenna and match it to the LDF 
4/50 heliax and has 40 150 foot radials....

Bob..VK3ZL...