[Lowfer] Top Hat & Guy Lines
Peter Barick
[email protected]
Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:36:38 -0600
>>> [email protected] 11/12/03 02:18PM >>>
>Compromise yes but better than no top hat wires.
--Very true.
> I presently have six 25 foot drooping wires at about a 60 deg
> angle with the vertical wire.
--Interesting. Wonder if you noted before and after Ant I readings, any
change -- hopefully?
> Also with the additional capacitance I was able to remove
> about 1/3 of the coil windings.
--Another benefit, less R should boost the I, huh?
> This antenna has been use for several years now ... the best of any
>Dex
--Best proof of all: Amateur made -- Site Proven.
Dex also mentioned the use of weed eater line for tethers. I took his
hint some time back and am using that line (.080 size) for suspending
the new 3-wire flat-top here. Terminating it is the only issue I can
see. I'm using small Cu tubing pieces, crimped, to form end loops. Makes
for a light and water shedding tether. Only uncertainty is will it stand
the pull or sun's rays. Lacking that line, I was going to use a light
poly-line that would have been more tie-able at the ends. But the poly
likely would hold moisture longer.
Peter, who's still not seeing activity at 137