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[TowerTalk] Ultimate tower/antenna system ???????

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Ultimate tower/antenna system ???????
From: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 12:42:32 +0000
At 11:47 PM 12/16/99 -0500, Peter Forbes wrote:
>
>Fellow DXers
>
>I have yet to see any of the "so called" ultimate systems make provision for
>the WARC bands, namely 10, 18 and 24 mhz.
>
>The problem arises that when you start to put these 3 frequency ranges on a
>tower; you begin to suffer serious interactions with the other bands.
>
>For example, a 16.5 mhz reflector for the 17 mx antenna begins to act like a
>16.5 mhz director for the 20 mx antenna. 
>
>
>So how about it?  The ultimate antenna that works on ALL the amateur HF
bands.


Peter's comment raises a key point ... "ultimate" for WHAT PURPOSE?  

73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com 

Sometimes a tower is just a tower

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