[TowerTalk] 4 square arrays

[Tom K Osborne]

On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 05:16:34 -0600 n4kg@juno.com writes:
 
> As others have also indicated, current flow into a severly tapered
> element is minimal, meaning that a thin tube at the end of a thick
> element provides little additional loading.  You need a capacity hat
> or fat element to effectively extend a conductor.

That is an interesting point.  I have been thinking of doing something
with my tower here.  It is pretty short, 35 feet, with a 2 el 20 meter
monobander on it.  I was wondering what would happen if I put a 15 or 20
foot piece of aluminum tubing on top--would that make it think it was
longer??  73
Tom W7WHY
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