[Elecraft] OT - Interesting Accident with Homebrew Vertical

Bill W4ZV btippett at alum.mit.edu
Thu Feb 4 07:44:47 EST 2010



Bill W4ZV wrote:
> 
> N4KG used an interesting variation of this idea to feed a **grounded**
> tower on 160.  He made four elevated 1/4 wave radials, attached the coax
> center conductor to the radials and the shield to the tower at the same
> point (up from the base several feet).  If I recall this was in previous
> editions of the ARRL Antenna Handbook but I'm not sure it's in the latest
> edition.
> 

See Figure 28 on page 6-16 (Low Frequency Antennas chapter) of 20th edition. 
In newer editions you can probably find it by searching the index for N4KG.

73,  Bill

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