[TowerTalk] 80 meter vertical question

[David Robbins]

Trees are not air, they are conductive enough to provide some loading on the
vertical, the closer to the trees the worse it will be.  so forget the
calculations now and just cut to tune where you want it.

David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
web: http://wiki.k1ttt.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of john
nistico
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 23:41
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] 80 meter vertical question

I have put up a 80 wire vertical in some trees seeing I do not have a tower.
I cut it 62ft6in so it should be on 3.750 however it seems long and the swr
is 1:1 at 3550 or so. I have 10 radials and my longer version worked just
fine. Any feedbck would be helpful.




John J. Nistico
911 Electric Inc.
516.356.6071
 		 	   		  
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