Topband: Hygain hytower on 160

[Tree]

Another change to relate this story - used a unmodified hytower with about
500W and after an hour - we noticed the insulator was on fire.

I have heard of people getting a better insulator and perhaps extending the
whip some.

N7NG used to have a trap at the top of his 80M vertical with a horizontal
wire that worked very well for him (he has since moved to Montana).

Tree N6TR

On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 3:12 AM Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:

> No personal experience but I've heard repeatedly over the years that
> the inverted L kit works way better than the loading coil.  This makes
> sense.   I think the inverted L kit consists of a trap you hang off
> the top of the BX section.  You probably supply the wire but on that
> I'm not sure.  I don't know if this kit is still being made or not but
> you might be able to fabricate a trap yourself.
>
> Rob
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