Thanks, Mirko. I found this video briefly describing Steve's 160 Tx
Array with the shunt-fed driven element as it existed before the
lift-cable on the crank-up tower broke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXDTEj0xDJU
I don't know if Steve just cranked down the tower when adjusting the
resonant frequency of the parasitic elements, or whether he left the
tower-up and detuned it somehow. He doesn't really get into that in the
video.
There is a google drive link below the YouTube video to a paper
describing the the array, but the link doesn't seem to work.
73, Mike W4EF....................
On 7/20/2026 6:47 AM, S57AD via Topband wrote:
Mike, if I recall correctly, VE6WZ uses 160m parasitic array with shunt feed
tower.
73 Mirko, S57AD
V V pon., 20. jul. 2026 ob 14:04 je oseba Michael Tope <[email protected]>
napisala:
Tim,
I am curious, is there any reason why the center tower in that array of
yours could not be shunt-fed? I suppose that might require de-tuning the
tower in order to adjust the parasitic elements, whereas with a base
insulated tower you could just open-circuit the driven elements.
Do you know of anyone who has made this sort of array work with a
shunt-fed tower as the primary support?
73, Mike W4EF............
On 7/19/2026 11:22 PM, Tim Duffy wrote:
Speaking of base fed insulated towers on 160... that happen to be 90
degrees
high (about 120 feet) - by design... I have had this for over 30 years -
it
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