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Re: [TowerTalk] FW: Adding 160 to an 80M dipole?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] FW: Adding 160 to an 80M dipole?
From: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 20:23:47 -0800
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:51:00 -0600, you wrote:

>
>Any ideas or pointers to how this might be accomplished? 
>
>73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ

REPLY:

If you have the room, one excellent solution is just to put the two
antennas in parallel.  I've used parallel dipoles and inverted vees
for years on all kinds of band combinations with great success. Just
fan the ends out about 10-15 degrees from each other. There will be a
slight interaction, but it's easily trimmed out by changing lengths as
needed. An SWR analyzer such as one of the MFJ units is a great help
with that. 

The advantage:  no traps, switches or other nonsense. They simply work
perfectly with no reduction in bandwidth over individual dipoles. 

73, Bill W6WRT
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