Topband: Hairpin match to inverted L?

[FZ Bruce]

The reason to use a series capacitor is to electrically lengthen the
antenna wire, driving the high current point up the vertical section,
for more efficiency. The capacitor electrically shortened the antenna
to the 160 meter band.. With the right amount added wire and capacitor
the feed point would be 50 ohms, without a transformer that could
limit bandwidth somewhat.
73
Bruce-K1FZ 

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Sent: Sunday September 1 2019 2:46:33PM
Subject: Topband: Hairpin match to inverted L?

The other day a ham friend suggested using a coil ("hairpin") to match

 the low impedance of a well-radialed inverted L to 50-ohm coax. This 
 struck me as a potentially-attractive alternative to a series vacuum 
 capacitor, but I don't know enough to evaluate it. Thoughts?

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