I am in the process of getting things nailed down for the upcoming contest season. I plan to concentrate on two domestic contests (CQP and SS), and I am in Northern California. My main antenna system
Another option is to put the top tribander AND the 40 dipole at 85', with the dipole parallel to the tribander boom. The 20' tribander boom shouldn't affect the dipole, especially if the tribander el
Author: david.b.curtis@intel.com (Curtis, David B)
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:07:26 -0700
Hi Dave, OK, here is the "think-out-of-box" question of the day: As you point out, putting a 40M dipole parallel to and spaced very close to the boom of a tri-band yagi works pretty well. So... why c
If you search the Towertalk archives, you will find a very nice article on gamma-matching the boom of a tribander for use on 40 meters. Apparently it works quite well. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL San Dieg
There is also an article by W8BEB in the August 1983 QST describing the same project using a 204BA boom. Jim W1UK YCCC -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertal
-- There was also an article in the NCJ doing the same thing to a TH6. Mar/Apr 98 issue page 21. I also tells how to do the same thing for 30 meters 73 Rick KC5AJX __________________________________