[Lowfer] vertical

Sun, 23 Feb 2003 21:42:03 -0600

I got both. Huh.

Mike>WE0H
http://www.we0h.us/lf

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Bill Ashlock
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 8:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Lowfer] vertical

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