[TowerTalk] Need Capacitors for Matching Network

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

If you top load a 43 ft vertical to make it resonant on 80 meters,
it will be a voltage fed vertical on 40 meters.  That means the
impedance will be around 1000 ohms.  Now you can put that
vacuum variable to good use.

Rick N6RK

On 8/14/2017 7:54 AM, Art Greenberg wrote:
> Grant,
> 
> A very interesting setup on that vertical!
> 
> I'm extending an existing 43-foot vertical to get a marginally better
> and easier to feed antenna for 80/75 while still being suitable for 40m,
> which at present is my favorite band. I don't know what top loading the
> 53-foot vertical would do to 40m performance and I worry about feeding
> it on 40m. I'll model that to see. Its an intriguing possibility.
> 
> Its true that the smaller values of the CDV16 line are somewhat current
> challenged. But it looks like I could put some higher valued parts in
> series to overcome that.
> 
> I appreciate your input.
>