[TowerTalk] Hy-tower Vertical with 160M Vertical next to it

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That should work out pretty well.   I have had the same thoughts about a Hy-Tower if I ever got one.  

No problem sharing the radial field.   If possible you might increase the field, it can only help, especially on 160.   

I would go the inverted L direction.   If you were just going to run a short wire next to the Hy-Tower and use a base loading coil, I wouldn't bother with the additional wire, IIRC, Hygain has a 160m loading coil for the Hy-Tower.   But the inverted L would be a much better solution IMO.

Ken

On Nov 17, 2011, at 10:13 AM, Gary Slagel wrote:

> I've got a Hygain Hy-tower that I use primarily for 80M but it also loads nicely on 10 thru 40.  I'm thinking of running a 160M vertical up the side of the hy-tower, supported by the hytower but spaced 6 to 12 inches away.  Insulated from the tower of couse.  The 160 vertical will be either an inverted L or something with a loading coil somewhere near the center.  I'll use the same radial field I"m using with the hy-tower and feed it via a remote antenna switch... MFJ-4712 switch or something like that.
>  
> Is this worth experimenting with?  In particular I'm wondering 
>      1) is there is a problem sharing the radial field and also 
>      2) do I risk messing up the performance of the hy-tower on 80M.  It seems to work well now.