[TowerTalk] Was "43ft Vertical Feeding

[Michael Tope]

Dan Zimmerman N3OX wrote:

>"Another advantage to switching L networks is that it's fast.  In a contest
>you don't want to wait for an antenna to adjust."
>
>Honestly, that's why I bothered with this:
>
>http://www.n3ox.net/projects/lowbandvert
>
>and this:
>
>http://www.n3ox.net/projects/sixtyvert
>
>instead of just sticking this out at the base:
>
>http://www.n3ox.net/projects/servo
>
>I just switch bands too much to twiddle knobs.  A relay-based autotuner
>would be nearly as fast and a relay based memory tuner would be even faster,
>and equivalent to what I did, but it didn't take too long to hack together
>my networks.  Had lots of caps lying around though.
>
>73
>Dan
>

I really like the green trash can, Dan. That's real ham radio (don't 
need no stinkin' $$$NEMA box).

73, Mike W4EF.........