[TowerTalk] SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO MY 160M INVERTED L /SHUNT FED TOWER QUESTIONS

[Steve Babcock]

> Don't forget you may replace an ordinary variable cap with a
> length of coax. RG8 has a voltage rating of 4000 feet, and if I
> remember correctly, is 29pf per foot. Just seal the stuff and it
> should last for many years.

Another affordable way to get the tuning capacitor is to build one out of
concentric peices of pipe with nylon spacers.
See the great article in October, 1999 CQ mag by VE3ERP..... 4 to 5 feet of
pipe can get you 200 to 300pf depending on diameter ratios. All the details
in the article.

Steve VE6WZ.



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