[TowerTalk] 2 antennas

[Jamesnf@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/3/2005 1:21:16 PM Central Standard Time, wy3d at usa.com 
writes:
I had a guy tell me last night that he runs a vertical and a dipole on 80 
meters in parallel so he'll get simultaneous horizontal and vertical 
polarization.  This sounds like a crazy idea and I believe it won't work, but exactly why 
won't it work?

Frank  WY3D
Frank:

Depends what you mean by "work."  I know of more than one "big gun" 
milti-multi contest station  that uses this trick.  Frequently, on 80 meters, they use 
a four square vertical system and a low dipole yielding potent directional, 
low angle radition for dx from the four square and an omni-directional high 
angle signal to let the stateside crowd know they're using the freq!  In this 
case, running the antennas in parallel means separate feeds from the shack, 
possibly even from separate amps.

Note:  please, no lectures directed at me folks.  I don't condone this 
practice, I just know it exists.

Jim