[TowerTalk] 160 and 80 verticals

[ersmar at comcast.net]

Tom:

     I use the same ground radial field, consisting of a grand total of 
seven radial wires, for my 160M shunt-fed tower and my 80M half-sloper wire, 
although they are in fact the same structure.  My guess (I'll admit to 
guessing here) is that the most adverse impact of your proposed installation 
method would be interaction between the vertical wires of the two arrays, 
not so much from the shared ground radials.

     Try it and let us all know.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Osborne" <w7why at verizon.net>
To: "Towertalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 1:04 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] 160 and 80 verticals


> HI All
>
> I just put up some more antennas (you can never have too many).  Can I use
> the same ground radial system for 2 verticals?  I want to tie off an
> inverted 'L' for 160 and an 80 meter vertical at the same spot.  Will it
> hurt anything to feed them separately and use the same radial system?  73
> Tom W7WHY
>
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