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Re: [TowerTalk] t type antenna

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] t type antenna
From: "Lux, Jim" <jim@luxfamily.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 08:32:41 -0800
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On 12/19/22 8:28 AM, Stan Stockton wrote:
350 feet is about 5 quarter wavelengths at 3.8 MHz.  Quarter wavelength is 
about 65 feet or so.  If that thing is really 350 feet long you should see 
resonance at about 700 kHz, in addition to every odd multiple of a quarter 
wavelength.  Was there a typo or is this really an inverted L that is 350 feet 
long?

Stan, K5GO

It is, I think, about 175 feet either side of the vertical part. So, electrically, it might be more like a 50+175 foot wire, roughly 70 meters.  But it's really more of a capacitive top hat on a 50 foot vertical.



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On Dec 19, 2022, at 2:57 AM, w5jmw@towerfarm.net wrote:

Hello all.I have a t antenna.50ft vertical and roughly 300 ft ntip to tip 
horizontal.I get a nice drop and resonance at abt 3.8 mhz.Is this weird resonant point 
normal??I would think it would be lower.I have another at abt 2.2 but almost a 3-1 
swr..Normal ? I have used an inverted l before and resonant was abt right with a 1/4 
wave length..thanks..john
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