[TowerTalk] Fwd: More Inverted L Information from My Setup

[HansLG at aol.com]

How about adding a coil to your feed point. That way you get a simple  
antenna tuner that can tune most anything. I any using that all the time for my  
LW-s, ladder fed Windom etc. A 600 pF together with a coil about 4" dia, 6" long  
and about 70 turns of #14 wire should work.
 
Put the cap in serie and then the coil to ground, depending on if you have  
to Z-down or up for the feed or antenna point.
 
Simple, cheap. It works for me every time.
 
73 de,
 
Hans, N2JFS
 
 
  
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 From: RadioIR at charter.net
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Sent: 8/29/2008  7:14:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Re: [TowerTalk] More Inverted L  Information from My Setup


Thanks for the new data.  EZNEC says that should be  a good match for 75 
ohm line.  The insulated wire makes a significant  difference.  I can't 
imagine that you would actually have an SWR of  2.8.  What are you using 
to measure the SWR?  If it is an  antenna analyzer you may be suffering 
from the same problem many of us  have, overload from AM broadcast 
stations.  Try measuring it with a  rig using a little power.

Jerry, K4SAV

DENNIS BRICKEY  wrote:

>I must have left out some pertinent information about my  inverted L 
>
>14 awg insullated wire all the way around.  
>
>Vertical/L section of the antenna is up and over the top of an  oak tree. 
>
>Radials mount to an 18" dia 1/8" aluminum plate.  
>
>175' total length radiating section  100' vertical  
>
>Horizontal section (75') slopes slightly downward for the  majority of it's 
length.  Maybe 10' straight down at the end.  
>
>No towers in play.  
>
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