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[Towertalk] Parallel wire verticals

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Subject: [Towertalk] Parallel wire verticals
From: n4kg@juno.com (n4kg@juno.com)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 22:23:35 -0600
I once had a pair of inverted L's for 80 and 160 supported
at 50 ft by a rope between two trees with the tails going 
in opposite directions.  They were spaced several feet (5?)
at the top and connected at the feedpoint.  It presented
a good match on ALL bands and worked quite well.  I
remember one time on 20M when I was working all over
the world in a contest and wondered why the signals 
did not change as I rotated my 3L20.  I finally realized
I was on the 160 / 80 inverted L :-) !

Your idea should also work.  You may have to go
back and forth trimming each wire due to interactions.

Tom  N4KG

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002  (PDT) Jim Apple <wb1dog@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
>    I've been considering building a BC Trapper (the
> wire version of the Battle Creek Special)  But I got
> to wondering if I could skip the traps and run three
> wires in parallel with a single feed instead ... The
> 40m element would be completely vertical the 80 and
> 160 elements would end up as inverted L's.
> 
>     Any thoughts ? what kind of spacing would be best
> ?
> 
>     Thanks in advance
> 
> - Jim
> 
> 
> =====
> - Jim Apple (WB1DOG)
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