[TowerTalk] Modeling Ladderline as an Antenna Element

[Tom Rauch]

> Case: 100ft vertical with linear loading 26ft up and down,
> resonant at 1890 kHz with 32 ohms measured with MFJ269.
> Result: 0.5 dB loss due to liner loading, result could be
> repeated time after time.
> Bottom line: Thank you W8JI for the 0.5 dB gain.
> Linear loading is now removed permanently!

While that small change demonstrates loss in linear loading,
the effect is really bothersome when the antenna is very
short. With a long antenna, like a 100ft tall 160 antenna,
you can get away with doing things that would make a major
difference in a 50 foot vertical.

In other words when the loading system only corrects a small
reactance error we can get away with poor systems.

73 Tom