Hi Clive, thanks for the input! The existing 75 foot inverted L measures 26 ohms X=2 using 60 x 100 foot radials. This is very close to what the model calculates.
Regards , Kenny K2KW > On Jan 4, 2021, at 10:12 AM, cl...@gm3poi.com wrote: > > Kenny a lot will depend on your ground system. If it is very good then that > extra bandwidth may help. > But if it is just medium quality, there will be sufficient loss not to bother > until and if you improve your ground system. Try the bandwidth without the > extra wires and see how it compares with the predicted bandwidth. 73 Clive > GM3POI/GM3X > > -----Original Message----- > From: Topband <topband-bounces+clive=gm3poi....@contesting.com> On Behalf Of > Kenny Silverman > Sent: 04 January 2021 15:06 > To: TopBand List <topband@contesting.com> > Subject: Topband: Cage wire performance > > Hello and HNY! > > I will be converting a wire inverted-L to a T top loading on a 75’ tall wire > hung from a tree. To improve the bandwidth, I was wondering about going to a > 2-wire “cage” for the vertical section. I’m actually modeling a skinny > triangle where the wires connect at a point on the top, but with a 4 foot > spread of the wires near the ground. This adds about 15-20 kc to the 2:1 > bandwidth per the model. > > Will a 2-wire section like this always behave as a wide/fat conductor or do I > have to worry about voltage/current in Each wire? > > Regards , Kenny K2KW > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
