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Re: [TenTec] Subject: Re: OT Kind of. ?? about wide band antennas

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Subject: Re: OT Kind of. ?? about wide band antennas
From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@weather.net>
Reply-to: geraldj@weather.net, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2011 19:44:35 -0600
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That's a working scheme if you have the space. Probably would work with 
only a 6 or 8 foot space at the ends too without having to be at right 
angles. But the smaller fan angle might require a bit of pruning from 
interaction.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 2/5/2011 7:26 PM, John Farler wrote:
> A little late comment,  but I once had two dipoles on a single coax for
> 75/80 meters.  One cut for mid-phone band,
> and one for mid-CW band.  The two were spread at about a 90 degree angle
> to each other.  Think of
> a multi-band multi-element dipole on a single feedline, but on sub-bands
> of 80 m.  It worked well on
> both parts of the band and just had a little SWR hump in the middle,
> about 1.5/1 or so.  Of course,
> it took quite a bit of real-estate, and may have been more effective in
> different directions on each
> end of the band.
>
> John, K4AVX
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