Nice idea, Chris, but any insulation would have to withstand the
thousands of volts on your antenna in all conditions (wet and dry).
Might work for the lower volages on higher bands but I doubt it would
be OK at LF. The other factor worth bearing in mind is the max
permitted ERP which you must be close to already judging from the
reports you are getting.
Mike, G3XDV
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> Has anyone tried making insulating bushes for the tilt over hinge and
> the bottom locking peg on a crank up / crank over 40 or 60 foot
> Versatower? How much of a detrimental effect would the steel 6 foot
> above ground, concreted in support post a couple or three inches away
> from it have? Specifically I am toying with doing this to use it on LF
> 136kHz with my horizontal quad loop as the capacitive "top hat" to
> gain as much vertical height for the radiating element as possible,
> right now the mast has a long insulated line to the corner of my
> horizontal quad loop with the vertical some way from the mast,
> although today to minimise sag from having the vertical some
> distance away I moved it nearer the mast. By so doing I have
> gained maybe another 8 feet of height. Thanks.
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> Thanks
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