[600MRG] Hopeful Antenna Improvements at KU4XR Today 9-18-17

Andy - KU4XR ku4xr at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 18 17:25:58 CDT 2017


Hi all:

I have been eyeing a 4th top load path to a distant tree in my back yard for quite some time now .. SO, today,
with some help from one of my sons ( while I had him here ) - I added a 165 foot length of wire to my 30 foot
tall vertical ... Following the " get as much wire as possible - as high as possible - in the air " adage...
I could only get the wire up about 25 feet in the air, but it is an accomplishment to get it up there ...

Help - or - Hurt ??? Only time will tell .. One immediate ( what I consider an improvement ) is that the added
Capacitance of the extra top load wire allowed me to remove a 150 microHenry Loading Coil I have been 
using in the shack to peak the antenna .. Probably a very small amount of resistance - but still - resistance
that is no longer in the circuit ...

On with the adventure ... 73 all, and Best DX:

Andy - KU4XR




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