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So I am thinking about a cap hat or a bent tip on a 108 mobile whip. Found this link and read about it some. I have a good match as it is, but I wonder about using it to maybe pull the signal to the top of the antenna more than to just using it to match a shortened antenna.

http://www.antentop.org/w4rnl.001/mu8a.html

Has anyone tried the bent method? Wind drag is the issue with the hat to me but the bend would relieve that. And would a bent tip actually improve my signal to noise ratio?

[QUOTE="nfsus, post: 777481, member: 19649"] So I am thinking about a cap hat or a bent tip on a 108 mobile whip. Found this link and read about it some. I have a good match as it is, but I wonder about using it to maybe pull the signal to the top of the antenna more than to just using it to match a shortened antenna. [URL]http://www.antentop.org/w4rnl.001/mu8a.html[/URL] Has anyone tried the bent method? Wind drag is the issue with the hat to me but the bend would relieve that. And would a bent tip actually improve my signal to noise ratio? [/QUOTE]

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