[TowerTalk] Fwd: 160 meter odditiy

[Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk]

I guess you have a larger end capacitor (also called "end effect") due to the larger wire. That's the same reason your "half wave" dipole is slightly shorter than half a wavelength. The thicker the wire, the shorter the dipole. That's why you have resonance at a lower frequency as you made the antenna with a heavier/thicker wire..


Hans - N2JFS



-----Original Message-----
From: john nistico <electric911inc at hotmail.com>
To: towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tue, Jan 6, 2015 7:01 pm
Subject: [TowerTalk] 160 meter odditiy


I have been using an inverted l from my hdx 89 tower with much success. It is 
made of #12 stranded wire and I have decided to upgrade it to something more 
beefy. I removed the antenna which played at 1840 like gang busters and cut an 
Identical wire #8 and put it up in its place. No other changes were made but 
when I went into the shack and checked it it was at 1723. Anyone have an idea 
why 2 identical wires would appear so different?




John J. Nistico
911 Electric Inc.
516.325-8993
 		 	   		  
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