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Re: [TowerTalk] 80M antenna wire size

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 80M antenna wire size
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 10:36:19 -0800
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On 1/6/2020 5:47 AM, jimlux wrote:
On 1/5/20 7:11 PM, Jim Brown wrote:


What I HAVE done (about ten years ago) was to add a second #10 THHN to my Tee vertical for 160M, spaced roughly 8-10 inches from the first, wired in parallel top and bottom. The vertical section is 100 ft. The measured result was to approximately double the SWR bandwidth.

So, going from l/d  of 12000 to 120 -> that's a big, big difference, and the change in SWR bandwidth would be expected.

Yes. And this technique is probably older than I am.

73, Jim K9YC

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