[TowerTalk] Shunt Feed Capacitor for Tower

[Howard Klein]

>......and worse yet they can arc across the insulators. The
>elements need to be electrically grounded to the boom at the shunt-
>feed frequency in many cases to avoid arcing.

What effect does grounding the elements have on the performance of the beam?


Howard, K2HK


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