Masts and stacking considerations

Del Seay seay@alaska.net
Fri, 14 Jun 1996 07:05:50 -0700


Bryan Sparrowhawk wrote:
> 

> ELNEC indicated that the tribander's pattern will be adversely affected by
> the 40M beam nearby, so I twisted the beams 90 deg. relative  .. muuuch
> better, almost as if the 40M beam disappeared.  I haven't seen any
> installations done this way.  Am I missing something; other than having to
> contend with the 90 deg. offset when pointing the beams?
> 
> Please comment..
> de KD7LS


Standard way of minimizing interaction. Mine have been that way
for years. It's a pain in the butt to have to turn the antennas
90 degrees to change bands, but other than that, it is a perfectly
legitimate method. Have fun, de KL7HF