[BULK] - [TowerTalk] Interaction between 2 Inverted Els

[Steve Katz]

Why would you want *another* inverted-L?  Make the first one bigger, and use
it on both bands.  Obviously, avoid 1/2WL or 1WL or 1.5WL or any integer of
1/2WL -- too hard to match.  The classic 160m inverted-L is 165' long, or
~3/8WL on 1.8 MHz, and works splendidly as a 3/4WL on 80.  Can't see the
advantage of having two inverted-Ls......-WB2WIK/6

"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jerry Keller [SMTP:k3bz at arrl.net]
> Sent:	Monday, October 06, 2003 3:22 PM
> To:	(Reflector) TowerTalk
> Subject:	[BULK] - [TowerTalk] Interaction between 2 Inverted Els
> 
> I'm helping a friend put up an inverted L for 80 using a tall straight
> tree as a support, with the vertical element going up about 6 inches from
> the tree trunk, and the horizontal element going out to the west.  The
> radials would go out from a grounding ring about 4 feet in diameter
> arranged around the base of the tree. 
> Question: could another inverted L ... say for 160M ... be put up in
> similar fashion on the other side of the tree, using the same radial
> system?  The 160M vertical element would be about the same height as the
> 80M, but oif course the 160M horizontal element would be much longer, and
> in an easterly direction. Would this be feasible? Would the two antennas
> adversely interact? Any other problems?  Jerry K3BZ
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