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Re: Topband: Shunt feeding tower

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Subject: Re: Topband: Shunt feeding tower
From: Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 06:28:19 -0400
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Reading about 3-wire cages and the like, I feel a serious case of shunt envy. Mine is a single wire about 18 inches from one corner of my Rohn 25, connected to the tower at about 50 feet. I used an omega match with a couple of 3 KV transmitting variables, because my tower is quite tall for 160 (97 feet with 3 yagis, 2 on top) and I could not find a 50-ohm point.It was absurdly easy to adjust and seems to work quite well at 100 watts. I'm sure there are better solutions (including Herb's), but this was really simple.

73, Pete N4ZR
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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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