My question is... is there a perceived problem with the inverted L as it is
now? Since you feed it with a tuner there isn't a bandwidth problem. Any
efficiency gain from more wire in the air will probably be small, and may be
offset by higher capacitive coupling to the tower from the increased surface
area. Then there is the added wind/ice load area if you are in an area
where that matters.
David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: n9lah@comcast.net [mailto:n9lah@comcast.net]
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 17:23
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Another Cage Question
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> At the risk of fire up the cage machine again one related question. What
> will changing the 55 foot vertical section of my inverted "L" to a 6 wire
> cage from a single wire do? It is 55 feet tall supported 4-5 feet from my
> tower. The horizontal section is probably 70 feet long and slopes down to
> about 20 feet and the antenna is tuned with an SGC 237 tuner at the feed
> point.
>
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>
> I guess my question really is if it would really help much for the work
> involved.
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>
>
> Phil
>
> N9LAH
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