Topband: Shunt Fed Tower-Need Parts

[Marc Wullaert ON4MA]

Hello all,

I wash to busy to rebuild my C31XR insulators. The 20m reflector insulator 
wash burned while transmitting on 160m.
Greg how did you ground the elements inside a stepper ?
I'm replacing my tower next year and thinking to ground my reflectors and 
driving elements
of my c31xr. Anyone  did that before ?

if you wanna see some pictures of the flashover see
http://picasaweb.google.be/ON4MApictures/C31xr_2010Shuntfed160mFire

73 Marc ON4MA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg - ZL3IX" <zl3ix at inet.net.nz>
To: "topband topband" <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Shunt Fed Tower-Need Parts


>  Hi Marc,
>
> I have been using a SteppIR for top loading for nearly 7 years.  There
> is no problem with doing this.
>
> I also took the step of grounding all elements to the boom to mazimise
> the loading.  For some reason the SteppIR elements are floating when the
> antenna leaves the factory.
>
> 73, Greg, ZL3IX
>
> On 2010-09-27 07:19, Marc Wullaert ON4MA wrote:
>> Ed,
>>
>> I'm not shure but is it good to have a Steppir as toploading for 160m. 
>> What
>> about the high voltages
>> on the steppir motors and controlbox when you shuntfeed the tower ?
>>
>> Marc ON4MA
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Edward Sylvester"<navydude1962 at yahoo.com>
>> To: "topband topband"<topband at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 10:13 PM
>> Subject: Topband: Shunt Fed Tower-Need Parts
>>
>>
>>
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