[TowerTalk] Shunt fed tower for 160m

[Stan Stockton]


I would be quite pleased if it only attenuated signals a small amount and only in the direction of the house.  That would be from West to South going CCW.  Currently my tower is 30 feet SW of house and I believe it works pretty well to Europe.  This may be one of those things where what you don’t know doesn’t hurt you.  Certainly can’t do an A/B comparison easily.

There aren’t too many alternatives for 10000 sf with a house in the middle of the space. Planning to put up another tower on NE side of house and wanted to feed that one instead of current tower which is only 60 feet tall.

John (KK9A) Even if I had enough room for an inverted V, I wouldn’t even think of trying one, giving up the advantages of salt water with a vertical when I am 75 feet from the open sea.

I will just have to subjectively determine whether it is working well when I put it up

> On Apr 7, 2022, at 11:05 PM, Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:
> Is there an alternative?  I would agree with Jim but who knows. What direction might be compromised?
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> On 4/7/2022 9:09 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>> On 4/7/2022 6:55 PM, Stan Stockton wrote:
>>> 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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>> Hi Stan,
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>> Intuitively, I'd expect the pattern to be down a bit in the direction of the building.
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>> 73, Jim K9YC
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