Topband: FCP question

[Jim Bennett]

My 80 meter FCP installation was done last spring with the assistance of Guy K2AV. I have NO additional ground at the antenna feed point at this time. The outer coax conductor is at ground where it enters the shack (about 90 feet from the antenna), but I have not driven any ground rods into the soil at the FCP end. When I last looked at it with my MFJ-259B, I had about 100 kHz bandwidth, zero reactance, and about 50 or so ohms resistance. It plays pretty well, but I need to get the vertical segment of it running up higher.

Jim / W6JHB (w6jhb.com)

On   Saturday, Nov 17, 2012, at  Saturday, 1:08 PM, D Rodman MD wrote:

> Just came in from installing the inverted L and FCP.  Tuned it with an SWR box at
> the antenna but have no connectors to attach coax so have to wait a day or so to
> put it on the air.  This is an 80m version.  Pretty much a whole day project. 
> Reading I have done say to ground the system 5-6 feet from the feed point.  Not
> sure exactly what this means.  What did others do???  Thanks.
> 
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> David J Rodman, MD
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