[Antennas] Loading a 90 foot wire on 160

[Jim Berry]

Hi Guys,

Another dirty trick is to add some inductance to your tuner.  It can
be in the form of wire wound in a coil shape, and placed between the
tuner and the wire.

73 Jim K7SLI

> -----Original Message-----

> Subject: Re: [Antennas] Loading a 90 foot wire on 160
>
>
> Thanks for the info!  I figured my tuner woulda been able
> to handle it, but it didn't
>
> Rob, W�JRM

> Subject: Re: [Antennas] Loading a 90 foot wire on 160
>
> ARRL Antenna Handbook, Chapter 6, 18th Edition.
>
> You need about 28 uH to 'base' load your 90 foot antenna
> at 1.8 MHz.  > That is a coil about 6 inches long, 6 turns per
 inch and 2 1/2 inches diameter; or, 3 1/2 inches long, 8 turns per
 inch, 2 1/2 inches diameter.

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