[TowerTalk] 133' Vertical on 160?

[Rick Karlquist]

Al Williams wrote:
> Does this mean that increasing the length of the 133' high vertical by
> adding horizontal wire is better than just the 133' vertical?
>
> k7puc

It is good to add a "T" top, consisting of 2 equal length
horizontally opposed wires, or 4 wires at 90 degrees.

Adding 1 wire to make it into an inverted L is NOT a good
idea, because the wire will radiate useless horizontally
polarized waves.

Rick N6RK


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Brown" <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> To: <TOWERTALK at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 2:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 133' Vertical on 160?
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>> On Mon, 4 May 2009 17:31:05 -0400, john at kk9a.com wrote:
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>>> it worked great, even with
>>>a much less than perfect ground system.
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>> Yes. And, of course, making the antenna longer increases its
>> radiation resistance, which in turn reduces the losses in the radial
>> system. A good radial system still helps, but it is a few dB less
>> important.
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>> 73,
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>> Jim Brown K9YC
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