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Re: Topband: Shunt feeding tower

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Subject: Re: Topband: Shunt feeding tower
From: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbs@vitelcom.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 19:24:46 -0400
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Don, Build a three or 4 wire cage around the tower from top to ground out 24 inches #10 or 12 bar copper is fine. A few standoff PVC or fiberglass will lessen changes in high wind conditions. Measure the cage to ground and build the required matching unit with the appropriate series capatiance to tune out the measured inductive reactance and adjust the impedence with a large diameter taped coil to ground on the coax side of the feed. Normally it doesn't take much to have a good working system if care is given to having at least 16 radials either on the ground or in the ground a few inches. Also having some top loading with a beam on top of the tower makes everything even easier.


Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ

On 8/26/2014 5:12 PM, Don wrote:
I would like to get on 160 this question most likely has been asked a 1000 time 
but I need information as how or can I shunt feed my 55 ft rohn 45 .

Don
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