Topband: Inverted L Proximity to RX Antennas

k8gg at voyager.net k8gg at voyager.net
Thu Feb 17 05:06:31 PST 2011



> George (K8QM) wrote:

All, 
> 
> I know it
is important to keep RX antennas like flags, pennants and K9AYs 
>
as far away from TX antennas as possible. In the case of a quarter wave

> inverted L with approximately 50 feet vertical is it as
important to keep 
> the RX antennas away from the horizontal
section as the vertical section? 
> 
> Thanks for any
guidance. 
> 
 

George  K8GG
comments:

Yes, for sure for sure.  Having a receiving loop
under the "top loading wire" is not a good idea... 
Having a Beverage wire under the "top loading wire" is also a
bad idea..  Both styles of RX antenna will couple to the inverted-L
and the results will not be good!

YMMV   mine has
not!  GL & 73     
George         K8GG


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