[TowerTalk] Re: Stacking Log Periodics

Pete Smith n4zr@contesting.com
Thu, 07 Dec 2000 10:29:36 -0500


At 09:51 AM 12/7/00 -0500, Seaton, Tony wrote:
>Correct and if you remember TV antennas BC (before cable) in outlying
areas (grade B ) most were Dual LPs in a vertical V config with the ends
tilted toward each other exactly in that fasion for exactly that reason.

Has anyone modeled this at HF-type distances above real ground?  VHF/UHF
practice could differ considerably, and I also can't help wondering if at
least somer of the TV antenna designs were that way because it "looked
cool" or because "they always do it this way."

73, Pete N4ZR

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