Topband: 160 Tower on 80

Herbert Schoenbohm herbert.schoenbohm at gmail.com
Sun Mar 1 02:36:07 EST 2015


In this case a three or four wire cage with 36 inch spreaders cut for 80 
meters might be the easiest solution for you and allow for feeding at 
ground level. However the impact of the tower might result in requiring 
the cage to be a bit shorter than normal.

Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ

On 3/1/2015 3:16 AM, donovanf at starpower.net wrote:
> A fourth idea you might consider is to simply use your tower to support
> a 1/4 wave vertical wire for 80 meters, fed against the same radials you
> use on 160 meters. This may be your easiest and most effective solution.



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