[TowerTalk] Voltage at ends of yogi parasitic elements?

[Jim Brown]

I agree with Hardy, Dave, and Jim. My second element is a dipole fed 
with RG11, and I switch in lengths of coax that are shorted or open in 
the shack to switch it from CW to SSB (the coax acts as a tuned stub 
that provides the needed reactance). BTW -- W6AM published a great 
2-part article about this in NCJ, roughly 5-7 years ago. I can't do 
exactly what John did because my 80 Yagi is too high (about 140 ft). 
That's why I'm using stubs.

73, Jim K9YC

On Mon,10/17/2016 6:24 AM, jimlux wrote:
> Moral of the story: switch an inductor or capacitor at the feedpoint: 
> it's easier to get a high current relay than a high voltage one, it's 
> easier to switch something at the boom than the tip of the element.  
> The antenna doesn't really care about the physical length of the 
> elements, it's all about the electrical length.