Another change to relate this story - used a unmodified hytower with about 500W and after an hour - we noticed the insulator was on fire.
I have heard of people getting a better insulator and perhaps extending the whip some. N7NG used to have a trap at the top of his 80M vertical with a horizontal wire that worked very well for him (he has since moved to Montana). Tree N6TR On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 3:12 AM Rob Atkinson <[email protected]> wrote: > No personal experience but I've heard repeatedly over the years that > the inverted L kit works way better than the loading coil. This makes > sense. I think the inverted L kit consists of a trap you hang off > the top of the BX section. You probably supply the wire but on that > I'm not sure. I don't know if this kit is still being made or not but > you might be able to fabricate a trap yourself. > > Rob > K5UJ > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
