[TowerTalk] 80 Meter trap design needed

Mark - N5OT r-emails at n5ot.com
Sat Oct 23 09:31:35 EDT 2021


Thanks Joe, this was just what I was looking for.  I knew someone must 
have done this before.  I've slept since I last read about the Battle 
Creek Special.  Legendary skyhook.

73 - Mark N5OT

On 10/23/2021 8:16 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
> I think there are designs on the old "Battle Creek Special" web pages.
> Try: <https://www.pi4cc.nl/link/mkII.php>
>
> 73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 2021-10-23 7:56 AM, Mark - N5OT wrote:
>> I hope to make a trap vertical that works on 80 and 160.  I hope to 
>> find an 80 meter trap design that can handle full power.  The 80 
>> meter energy would stop when it gets to the trap, but the trap would 
>> pass 160 meter energy.
>>
>> It won't be suspended with wire so smallness and lightweightness are 
>> not necessary criteria.  I hope someone can just shoot me a design 
>> and values.  Everything I find searching the internet is less 
>> straightforward than "make a coil like this and stick a capacitor of 
>> this value here" which I would think would be the easiest way forward.
>>
>> Any advice?
>>
>> 73 - Mark N5OT
>>
>



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