[TowerTalk] Shunt fed tower for 160m

[Stan Stockton]

It will be guyed but, of course, with non conductive guying.

> On Apr 7, 2022, at 9:14 PM, J. Hunt <ki5dq at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Stan,
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> Is the 80' tower guyed or a self supporter?
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> Cheers,
> James
> On Thursday, April 7, 2022, 08:56:01 PM CDT, Stan Stockton <wa5rtg at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I am interested in knowing what the detriment might be if you had a 80 foot tower with a large Yagi for top loading within four feet of a 20 foot tall concrete building with lots of rebar and a metal roof.  
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> I’m not worried about matching the tower for 50 ohm feed but worried about whether the concrete structure will attenuate the radiated signal and if so, by how much.
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> Thanks…Stan, ZF9CW
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