Without doing any modeling, an off the top of the head idea, one option would be to drop a wire down from the end of each of the T wires you have at the top. You might be able to move the point of lowest SWR down to 1.8 with 2x 15' +/- drop wires.
------------------- Wes Attaway (N5WA) (318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA Computer/Cellphone Forensics AttawayForensics.com ------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of MR TREVOR DUNNE Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2017 11:54 AM To: topband List Subject: Topband: 160m Vertical matching Help Hi All I finally got the vertical up and running, problem I have now is I can't find a low SWR on the coil, the best I can get is about 2.8:1 no matter where I tap the coil that's the best SWR, I can move that point up and down the band by moving the tap but the SWR stays the same, My current set up is about 55ft vertical I have 2 loading wires in a T shape, wires are 50ft either side of the vertical and the are pretty level and in line, I have 38 radials averaging about 45-60ft long, I will add more when time allows but don't the make the SWR worse ?? With no coil I get resonance at 2.12mhz with R=16 X=2 on my MFJ269, The coil is 25ft of 5mm copper brake pipe in a 4" diameter, the coil is attached to base of the vertical and the other end is grounded, Any pointers on what I can do to get a better match, Thanks Trevor EI2GLB _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband