[TowerTalk] hardwired 20M stack

[Scott Detloff K8DX]

Hi Mark,

The ease of phasing and reliability is a definite plus.  If you
could rotate both, I'd say do it for sure.  But you may find
your fixed antenna, and half your power being delivered in
a direction other than that mult you want to work :-)

73...Scott K8DX
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From: KI7WX@aol.com <KI7WX@aol.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sunday, October 01, 2000 11:06 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] hardwired 20M stack


>
>Hi folks,
>
>Quick question for stack users.  I'm erecting 4/4 on 20M, 105/50 feet using
>M2 20M4DX yagis.  I am seriously considering just hardwiring them together
>with a "T" connector using 75 ohm matching sections. For DX contests the
>lower antenna will be fixed Europe and I'll spin it around fixed NW for
>domestic events.  Top rotates 360 degrees.
>
>My question is for the folks running this type of array with U/L/B
switching
>-  Just how often do you find the switching capacity to be useful?  From
the
>West coast there were only a few times I found any single antenna to be
>better than the stack (mostly on 10M, very rarely on 15M) and from across
>town at AA4NC running stacked 204BAs on 20M I really can't recall anytime
>when one was better than both.  Curious if that mirrors the experience of
>others running monoband stacks.
>
>Mark
>KI7WX/4
>
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