[TowerTalk] antenna placement

K7LXC@aol.com K7LXC@aol.com
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:05:52 EDT


In a message dated 08/30/2000 3:34:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, w9rpm@qth.com 
writes:

> I have a Force 12-5BA on my tower at 91ft and a F12-180C at 97ft
>  offset 90 degrees to the 5BA. I would like to put an M2-2M18XXX- 2 meter
>  horizantal inbetween the 2 of them. Any thoughts? Interaction?  

    Sounds okay to me. If you run into swr problems, try putting the 2M 90 
degrees off-set to see if that corrects it. Chances are the other antennas 
won't even see the smaller antenna. It's been my experience that it's mostly 
Mosley antennas that are overly sensitive to nearby antennas.

Cheers,  Steve    K7LXC
Tower Tech

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