Topband: Hairpin match to inverted L?

[Wes]

You mean physically lengthen the wire. Unfortunately, the added horizontal 
radiation may defeat the intended purpose.  Ir pays to model.

Wes  N7WS


On 9/1/2019 12:07 PM, FZ Bruce wrote:
> 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
>