Topband: 43’ 80 Meter Vertical

[Chortek, Robert L.]

Hoping to get some guidance from the antenna gurus here.

I’ve just built a 43’ vertical (14 GA THHN) supported by a Spiderbeam pole.  It’s base loaded and my RigExpert shows total loss, not counting Rrad, of 33 Ohms.  It’s roughly 33 efficient.

Can someone tell me if I added two top hat wires 16 GA THHN sloping at 45 degrees “about” how long they would need to be to resonate at 3.545 MHZ.  

I want to get “in the ballpark” before I start trimming.

Any help would be appreciated!!!!!

73 e DX,

Bob/AA6VB 
Robert L. Chortek