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

[Neil Klagge]

Andy, that 165' top load will at LEAST double ur EIRP and probably closer to 4 times. 

Good job!!

Sent from Neil's iPhone

> On Sep 18, 2017, at 15:26, Andy - KU4XR <ku4xr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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