[TowerTalk] Shunt-Fed Tower Electrical Length

Dan Hearn dhearn at air-pipe.com
Mon Sep 18 11:14:36 EDT 2006


John, it is not necessary for the tower to be resonant to make an efficient
radiator. Probably 99% of all ham tower verticals are not. You can get a 50
ohm match with an omega match at the base. You need to put your effort into
a good ground radial system if you want an efficient antenna. 73, Dan, N5AR

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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of John Cowan
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 4:11 AM
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Subject: [TowerTalk] Shunt-Fed Tower Electrical Length


Now that I have the resonant frequency of 2.278 MHz for my 68' tower.

What should the design frequency be for 160 Meters?

I have plugged 1.8 and 1.9 MHz into the formula for computing electrical
length and it comes out to 71 and 75 degrees respectively.

What is the next step here? Do I need to work on adding more top loading to
the tower to make the electrical length longer?

John


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