[TowerTalk] skirt wires on a tower

[Gary Stone]

Greetings,

Sorry if this has been asked, but any URL references would be appreciated.
 I did Google this but did not find what you describe, at least not with
pics or drawings.

I have 80 foot tower with an 8 element log on top and thought this might
work for 80 and 160.

Thanks de N5PHT


> > You drop 3 heavy gauge wires connected at the top of the tower to within
> a few feet of the bottom. Connect the three wires together with a wire ring
> around the base of the tower and feed that ring, connected to the three
> wires, with a simple L-Network with respect to your radial system.> > Very
> effecient system. Several local DXers us it on 160m and 80m with great
> results. One tower is 140' and the other I know is about 90' with a lot of
> top loading from various beams....> > You can Google this type of tower feed
> and get more