[TowerTalk] t type antenna

Lux, Jim jim at luxfamily.com
Mon Dec 19 14:15:22 EST 2022


On 12/19/22 12:57 AM, w5jmw at towerfarm.net wrote:
> Hello all.I have a t antenna.50ft vertical and roughly 300 ft ntip to 
> tip horizontal.I get a nice drop and resonance at abt 3.8 mhz.Is this 
> weird resonant point normal??I would think it would be lower.I have 
> another at abt 2.2 but almost a 3-1 swr..Normal ? I have used an 
> inverted l before and resonant was abt right with a 1/4 wave 
> length..thanks..john
> _______________________________________________


NEC shows resonance around 3.4 MHz, and no other resonance around 2.2.


So I'd guess you've got something else going on, perhaps feedline is 
participating.





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