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Re: [TowerTalk] Multiple antennas-- offpointed stacks

To: jimjarvis@ieee.org, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Multiple antennas-- offpointed stacks
From: Bruce Horn <bhorn@hornucopia.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 09:40:15 -0700
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At 08:28 AM 4/4/2005, Jim Jarvis wrote:
>It seems that some contesters feel it's OK to split a stack, and
>off-point the stacked antennas.  Top on EU, or JA, and
>lower on SA.  Or, the upper 2 stacked in the run direction, and
>the lower one pointed to pick up stray mults.  These things are
>within 1 wavelength of each other, and have to interact.


K3NA published an extensive analysis of this issue in the NCJ. The series 
of articles is available on the NCJ web site:
http://www.ncjweb.com/bonus.php

Look at the articles on Antenna Interactions.

73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn@hornucopia.com)


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