[Lowfer] vertical

[Bill Ashlock]

Eric,

>I'm thinking of making several loops about 12' long and then twist it >up. 
>Then I'll have a 12' twisted section with loops on each end, one >end 
>looped through my flange and the other end looped through my >electric 
>fence insulators.  From there, it's guy rope on down to the >anchors.

One of the problems with this approach is the reduction of the
'effective' height of the antenna due to the drooping top hat radials. This 
is because the vertical component of the current in the top hat is in the 
reverse direction of the current in the vertical mast and tends to cancel 
some of it. If you can guy the mast at a large angle to the the vetical (in 
other words reduce the doop of the wires) it will help.

Ahhhh, I long for the good old days of vertical antenna mounting. I'll make 
no comment on how much simpler the loop antenna is. <G>

Bill






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