[Antennas] Vertical

[PaulKB8N@aol.com]

Why not build something instead?  The middle 8 feet of a 16 foot quarter wave 
on 20M radiates about 80% of the signal.  If you put a 4 foot "T" hat on top 
and use a small loading coil at the base, you can achieve over 95% efficiency 
(assuming a good counterpoise), put two together for a 16' vertical dipole.  
This can be scaled easily to the lower bands.  You can build several for 
different bands a lot cheaper than you can buy anything commercially made.

Paul, K5AF


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