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Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: The Ultimate One Tower System
From: nd6a@arrl.net (Mike Nash, ND6A)
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 22:00:49 -0800
>From the way I understand the C31XR You can feed it with seperate coaxes on
each band if you like.
At least that is what I was told when I purchased it.
Mike...ND6A


At 08:49 AM 12/16/99 -0700, you wrote:
>
>The velocity factor in the coax is the same on all bands (of course), but
>the amount of phase shift between the two antennas will be different on
>different bands if unequal line lengths are used. The horizontal offset
>between the two antennas can only be compensated for on one band with this
>technique.
>
>       ----------
>       From:  Guy Olinger, K2AV [SMTP:k2av@contesting.com]
>       Sent:  Thursday, December 16, 1999 8:31 AM
>       To:  towertalk@contesting.com
>       Subject:  Re: [TowerTalk] Re: The Ultimate One Tower System
>
>
>       On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 10:06:00 -0500, you wrote:
>
>       >
>       >At 09:03 AM 12/16/1999 -0800, Jay Terleski wrote:
>       >>
>       >>The offsets can be compensated for easily with a little longer
>coaxial
>       >>calbe that acts as a delay line to electrically aliegn the driven
>       >>elements, when pointed in the same direction.
>       >>
>       >>Its already been done.
>       >
>       >
>       >On 3 bands with the same length of coax?
>
>       Sure, you are compensating for a distance in the open with a piece
>of
>       coax with that has the same velocity factor on the bands in
>question.
>       It does assume that you are not using 1/4 wave matching sections and
>       the like, eg using a stackmatch type of matching.
>
>       >73,  Pete N4ZR
>       >
>       >Don't forget to update your entry in the contest station database
>       >http://206.102.70.3/search.htm
>
>       --.  .-..
>       73, Guy
>
>       Guy Olinger, K2AV
>       k2av@contesting.com
>       Apex, NC, USA
>
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