Topband: Feeding 160M Vertical on 80M

[Charlie Cunningham]

Good point, Tom

I guess I assumed that Bob had verified the 80m resonance.

Charlie, K4OTV

-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom W8JI
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 8:05 AM
To: Bob K6ZZ; topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Feeding 160M Vertical on 80M

> I have a 60' tall top loaded vertical for 160M and would like to know how
> best to feed it to use it on 80M as well.  On 80M there will be some 
> pretty
> high voltages at the feedpoint.
>

What is the top loading? Because something resonates on 160 m with something

on the top doesn't mean it will act like a half wave on 80.

Without knowing what the loading system is, nothing can really be answered.

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