Topband: 4SQ around tower

[Rudy Bakalov]

Greg,

Thanks for the great reminder! The chapter does in fact describe exactly what I have been planning. It also gave me the most important piece of information- as long as the tower is grounded, which is the case, it has no impact on the 80m 4SQ. The trees will be happy as I don't have to make extra room for the 4SQ

Rudy N2WQ

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> On Dec 7, 2015, at 1:08 PM, Greg Zenger <n2gz at gregzenger.com> wrote:
> 
> Take a look at section 6 of chapter 11 of ON4UNs book.
> 
> There is a whole discussion on a configuration very similar to what you
> propose.
> 
> Greg N2GZ
> On Dec 6, 2015 8:07 PM, "Rudy Bakalov via Topband" <topband at contesting.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I am in the process of clearing land for full size 80m 4SQ. I have two
>> questions for the group:
>> 
>> 1) How much and what kind of degradation should I see if I place the 4SQ
>> elements around my tower. The tower is 90' and has a 4 el 40 m yagi at 90'
>> and 6 el tribander at 105'. Currently I have no plans to detune the tower,
>> but do have plans to use it as a 160m TX antenna.
>> 
>> 2) If the consensus is to move the 4SQ away from the tower, how far should
>> I move it? Also, in what direction should I move it with respect to the W
>> and S elements of the 4SQ.
>> 
>> Rudy N2WQ
>> 
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>> inappropriate autocorrect.
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