[TowerTalk] LINEAR LOADING ANTENNAS

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i have been using this approach for shortening antenna lenghts and it works  
well for me.it is very simple  i take a #12 gauge 3 wire extension  cord and 
use it as a linear load to make up the lenght of an antenna as  such for 160m i 
use 66ft of #12 wire then connect a 20 foot piece of extension  cord to that 
making the entire lenght 86 feet long the trick is in cutting the  extension 
cord so it is 22 feet long and taking 1 foot of insulation off each  end the 
wire colors are white green and black you leave the  black 1  foot long  and 
trim back the white and green so  only a 1 inch stub is exposed and then solder 
those together and tape well on  the other end leave the white wire 1 foot long 
and trime the black and green  back to one inch and solder together and then 
tape well  so the end result  is a piece of cable that is 22 foot long one end 
has white end and the other end  is black   looking at it it would be in 
practice a z  i make two  of these and feed it with 450 ohm open wire line 
supported from a 110 foot tower  i can get the ends about 40 feet off the ground and 
tied to tree on my  property  i am on a 6600 foot lot so space is a preiemum  
i have  worked 212 ctrys of 160 with this antenna so it does work  ray  nr1r