Don may I recommend shunt feeding your tower?
Best regards - Bry Carling
> On Feb 20, 2014, at 6:43 PM, donroden@hiwaay.net wrote:
>
> Slightly OFF TOPIC , so respond direct please.
>
> I have a 145 foot Rohn 45G with insulated guys, but grounded base in concrete.
>
> no room for radials ... 33 feet at most over 60 degrees.
>
> Tower is between hamshack ( house ) and garage
> and concrete drive ( 300 degrees = no radials )
>
> I would like to experiment with a ground independent (or less ground
> dependent)
> 1/2 wave vertical radiator ..... a vertical dipole hung from 145 feet, maybe
> six feet from the tower face or leg. Fed in the center or at the bottom.
>
> Similar to a sloper, but closer to the tower. Maybe connect the dipole to
> the top of the tower and feed it like a folded unipole ?? Open to all
> suggestions.
>
> I'd love to hear how you constructed your high impedance tuners too.
>
> Don W4DNR
>
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