At 11:34 AM 2/8/02 -0600, n4kg@juno.com wrote:
>
>Another solution to the high voltage problem at the
>insulated end elements of F12, KLM, and X7 / X9
>antennas would be to install a relay to short the
>center of the end elements to the boom when
>you want to use the tower as a vertical, leaving
>the relay OPEN when you use the beam.
I'm a little leery of serendipitous resonances and unexpected interaction
that could result if you short elements and boom together. Wouldn't it
make better sense to connect a small inductor between the element center
and boom (thanks W8JI), such that it looks like a short at 160m but an open
at 40m and above?
73, Pete N4ZR
Sometimes a tower is
just a tower
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