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Re: [TowerTalk] [CQ-Contest] Stacking on separate towers, take off angle

To: <john@kk9a.com>, <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] [CQ-Contest] Stacking on separate towers, take off angles?
From: "Gene Fuller" <w2lu@rochester.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:40:51 -0400
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If the separation is significant in terms of wavelengths and you had a diversity receiver system which would have separate inputs for each antenna, under some types of QSB conditions it would favor the stronger signal and you could experience enhanced reception, and possibly by transmitting on both antennas, a more "solid" transmitted signal.
Gene / W2LU

----- Original Message ----- From: <john@kk9a.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] [CQ-Contest] Stacking on separate towers, take off angles?


Stacking using separate random towers is unlikely to produce any useful
gain however it is great for beaming in two directions.

John KK9A


To: TOWERTALK@contesting.com
Subject:  Re: [TowerTalk] [CQ-Contest] Stacking on separate towers,
take off angles?
From: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:26:04 -0400 (EDT)


There's the rub...they may work.  Unless you can analyze them and
include
data for length of feedline, distance and terrain it's all guess  work.

Make one feedline 1/2 wavelength and you'll have a great local ant  but
one
that pretty well sucks for DX.  Plus, if they are more than a
wavelength apart
the "stacking effect" starts to drop.

However, it never hurts to try.

Bill K4XS/KH7XS

by 1In a message dated 3/14/2013 10:34:25 A.M. Coordinated Universal
Tim,
jpklemola@gmail.com writes:

No  problem.

Just connect them and if they work as separate antennas, they  pretty
often work stacked,  too.
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