Topband: Shunt fed tower plus Marconi vertical phasing on 160and80?

[ZR]

> It is more "cookie cutter" to use series fed quarter wave elements with 
> current feed (95% of people still do that wrong), but if you have a little 
> patience and don't mind experimentation, you could certainly make it work. 
> I phased dissimilar elements many times over the years, with the grossest 
> mismatch a "T" phased against a shunt fed tower. All it takes is parts and 
> patience. :-)
>
> 73 Tom


Since it is very hard to lose gain with any halfway decent 2 vertical system 
and many also use directive receiving antennas there is no real need to 
build the best phasing network. In those cases a basic coax phasing network 
works as well as spending gobs of money and/or dumping power in a dummy 
load.

Carl
KM1H