To: | "Mark Robinson" <markrob@mindspring.com> |
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Subject: | Re: [TowerTalk] 43' vertical mod for true resonance on 80M |
From: | "Rick Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com> |
Reply-to: | richard@karlquist.com |
Date: | Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:33:41 -0800 (PST) |
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Mark Robinson wrote: > I am planning something like this. What sort of capacitor do you need to > use > as the series feeding element.......a vacuum capacitor? > > > Mark N1UK I use WWII surplus "transmitting mica" caps. If you want to make the antenna tunable, you can switch in various fixed caps. A vacuum variable typically doesn't have enough capacitance, and in any event, you don't need the high voltage rating. Rick _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk |
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