Topband: Impedance of inv l?

[Wes Stewart]

That also drives up the current in the horizontal wire with attendant increased 
horizontal radiation.

I chose for a couple of reason to do the opposite; shorten the wire to make the 
feedpoint capacitive and use a shunt inductor to get a 50-ohm match.  This 
really doesn't improve the 2:1 VSWR, that I consider acceptable, however.

Wes  N7WS

On 11/18/2018 8:55 AM, F Z_Bruce wrote:
> That sounds about right. As you put a good ground system under it, that value will come down, and the efficiency will come up.
>
> Many add extra antenna wire that pushes the current up the wire, this also raises  the impedance, hopefully to near 50 ohms with the right length.
> A capacitor (variable, then fixed) in series at the feed point can cancel the added inductance.
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> 73
> Bruce-k1fz
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> On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:41:36 -0500, WW3S wrote:
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> What should the Z be for a 1/4 wave inv l, with the radials attached to a radial plate? Mine seems to be 60 ohms or so....
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