[TowerTalk] Top hats on mobile HF antennas

Tom Rauch w8ji at contesting.com
Wed Sep 28 14:27:36 EDT 2005


DX Engineering has a neat hat kit to fit most antennas. The
Hot Rodz can be used with extended length rods and that will
allow many screwdriver antennas to hit 1.8 MHz.

> I use a homebrew version of the Lakeview Inducti-match on
my homebrew
> bugcatcher syle antennas, and manually change the tap for
40 and 80 when I
> change the tap on the resonating coil.

I just use a homebrew small inductor to match the system.
There isn't much current in the shunt indictor.

73 Tom



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