[TowerTalk] Inverted vee

[Edward McCann]

Don: can you elaborate a bit.

Ladder line from shack to remote tuner at base of tower then what feed to antenna?
More ladder line? What kind of remote balanced tuner?

Thanks,

AG6CX

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> On Nov 6, 2015, at 8:06 AM, Donald Chester <k4kyv at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hello,
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>> I have an inverted vee up about 100 feet. It resonates at 3615. From past experience, how much should I add to each leg to get it down to 3515?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Carol
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> Hams are WAY too obsessed with SWR.  If it's a full size half wave, the difference between an antenna resonant at 3615 and 3515 wouldn't make a bit of difference in performance.
> VSWR at 2:1 or less is perfectly OK.  Even 3:1 will have negligible effect on the signal if it doesn't trigger a fold-back feature in the radio.
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> I use open wire tuned feeders on mine, and get equally excellent results all the way from 3500-4000, but I use a remotely tuned matching network at the base of the tower. If I wanted to use coax, I would purchase some hard-line (ever cable TV stuff works fine), cut the antenna to be resonant at 3750, and just use it and not worry about it.
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> Don k4kyv
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