[Mldxcc] The quad band fan inverted V works

[Alan Maenchen]

Congrats!!  You make it look easy.

I think you'll find it works quite well off the ends. In fact, especially
for 40 meters, you'll have almost zero directional variation. That's
actually an advantage over a horizontal dipole that has a deep null off the
ends... unless you can rotate it.  For higher bands like 15 and 17 (and
even 20), you may get a few dB better broadside and less off the ends but
it still isn't a deep null.

Question: What is your final wire length for 20 after trimming?

73, Alan  AD6E




On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Emily Clarke <n1did at comcast.net> wrote:

> It took all day to tune it but I have:
>
> 1.2:1 at 7.150
> 1.0:1 at 14.200
> 1.1:1 at 18.1
> 1.4:1 at 21.250
>
> So far I've worked Europe (Including Crete on 17 meters - which I
> needed!!!) , South America and New Zealand with it pointing pretty much at
> 23 degrees/203 degrees on all bands except 40 meters which I'll try once
> the sun goes down.
>
> Not sure if attaching a photo works with the mailing list so I've put it
> into Google.  Here's the link... I hope
>
> http://tinyurl.com/mmc6bcl
>
> The spreaders (1/2" PVC) need some cleaning up after tuning it, and I
> wonder if I should just add another 15M line, but for now I couldn't be
> happier.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Emi
>
>
>
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