Re: Topband: Shunt fed tower plus Marconi vertical phasing on 160 and80?

2013-05-30 Thread Tom W8JI
...and reasonable instrumentation and a good understanding of what is actually going on. "Difficult" or "hard" is a judgment call from one's own particular expertise and experience perspective. Antennas are a wonderful interest area of amateur and professional radio. Experiment and enjoy. Rea

Re: Topband: Shunt fed tower plus Marconi vertical phasing on 160 and80?

2013-05-30 Thread Terry Posey
...and reasonable instrumentation and a good understanding of what is actually going on. "Difficult" or "hard" is a judgment call from one's own particular expertise and experience perspective. Antennas are a wonderful interest area of amateur and professional radio. Experiment and enjoy. Read g

Re: Topband: Shunt fed tower plus Marconi vertical phasing on 160 and80?

2013-05-30 Thread Tom W8JI
I'm assuming the 1/4 wave on 160 would be about 130' which would be a half wave on 80 and that they would have to be fed via different networks. Has anybody done this? Does the shunt fed tower work in a phased array situation, or would I be better off just using the insulated tower as a Marconi

Re: Topband: Shunt fed tower plus Marconi vertical phasing on 160 and80?

2013-05-30 Thread Lennart M
-Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] För Paul Staupe Skickat: den 30 maj 2013 15:30 Till: topband Ämne: Topband: Shunt fed tower plus Marconi vertical phasing on 160 and80? I have a 90' shunt fed stick of 45G that works well on Topband with about 20 quarter