Cool! That's basically what the MK-160 (not the coil) option does. I think the wire for the option is a little over 100 feet, but I might be able to go split the wires due to space like you suggested. I may have more questions about the shunt feed and how you think it might affect the other bands.
Thanks, Rick On Behalf Of Bry Carling If I wanted to use the Hy-Tower on 160m at 1500 w p.e.p. there could be two alternative choices: 1) I would just leave off that coil and add a top section as a capacity hat to increase the effective length of the radiator to where it can reach 2 Mega-sickles. You could experiment with a horizontal wire or two run off the top horizontally if you have a little room. I would start with one 50 foot wire or two 25 foot wires. Almost any angle would be fine. 2) You could easily shunt feed the tower. I have done that with a 60 foot tall Rohn 25G Tower and it worked extremely well for me. Towers and Florida weather don't mix well, so I don't do that kind of thing now! Just use a big variable cap to set up your shunt feed. I love that scheme. It would still give your antenna a very small footprint and let you run QRO. ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
