I used to use an ugly, beat up 500pf vac variable at the base of my 160M inv-L & used the MFJ SWR Analyzer to adjust it. The CAT-5 cable I used for wire was brought up over a tall tree and chafing from the wind blown branches wore through it 1/2 times a year. After the antenna came down the last time I used a more rugged wire and cut it 135' long and have it connected to a radial plate which serves as a common tie-in for my separate 160, 80, 40, 30 meter vertical wires but also my butternut HF9V which I use for 20 & up.
The 160M ant will not cover the whole band but as I rarely go above 1.9 Mhz, it's perfect and needs no base loaded cap. YMMV. 73, Gary, KA1J > I plan on adding an Inverted L soon, and have seen a few websites that > recommend about 1000pF at the base to tune it. What voltage cap should I be > looking for if I am going to run about 600W? > > -- > *Clint Talmadge - W5CPT - * > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
