[TowerTalk] 160m ANT another point

[Doug Turnbull]

Carol,
    Another point - no tuner is required the SWR is well under 2:1 across
the band for me.   You can even vary the radial lengths a bit in an attempt
to broadband it further.   The antenna will work for you.   A 36 Ohm to 50
Ohm Unum might help but I do without.

                 73 Doug EI2CN   

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Larry K4AB
Sent: 15 October 2011 16:33
To: Carol Richards
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 160m ANT

Carol,

Years ago I had a friend who tried a similar installation.  He never could
get
the thing to tune properly.  He felt, that since the antenna was so close to
the tower, he was actually "shock" feeding his tower.

He later just shunt-fed his tower and had much better success.

GL 73!
Larry K4AB

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Carol Richards <n2mm at comcast.net> wrote:

> I would like some thought on the antenna that I am planning to put up
> shortly. It will be an inverted L, total length 160 feet 100 feet vertcal,
3
> feet away from the tower and the rest sloping NE. The base will be about
10
> feet off the ground, and I will use 4 elevated radials. I will feed the
base
> of the antenna through a common mode choke to a kw-type tuner, before
> running the coax to the shack....
>
>
> Yes, no, maybe?
>
>
> Carol
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