> Six weeks ago I finished my second tower... 66 feet of guyed Rohn 45. I
have a Mosley Pro-67B @ 68 feet and an 80 Meter Inverted V, with the apex
at 64 feet.
> The only addition I have made is to add a 160 Meter Low Dipole for
receive. It is 10 feet high with the feedpoint at the tower.
> Is there a chance that it is interacting with the yagi 58 feet above
it? I grounded the feedpoint of the dipole with no change.
Howdy --
You said it yourself - you put a low dipole up. My experience has been
that the PRO Mosleys are VERY sensitive to anything metallic -
particularly antennas - in the near field. You can't even put a 2M vertical
above the
Mosley without messing it up.
OTOH your new SWR doesn't seem too bad to me but the new antenna might
be disrupting whatever pattern the PRO has. If you're worried about it,
put the dipole up for 160M operation (e.g contests, etc.) and take it down
for other HF operating.
No snarky comments on Measly antennas at this time.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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