[TowerTalk] phased 40 meter verticals

[Jim Lux]

At 08:20 PM 4/16/2007, Tom Osborne wrote:
>Hi TT'ians
>
>I got my 3 vertical array up and running Sunday and it seems to be working
>pretty slick, switchable in 6 directions.
>
>I am using a 1/4 wave phasing line.   I have misplaced my ON4UN Low Band
>DX'ing book (anyone got one for sale) here, but I seem to remember that a
>135 degree phasing line would be better.
>
>What I was wondering, can I measure the 135 degree line with my MFJ 259B
>just like I measured the 1/4 wave line?  Will I get the same reading, being
>it is a 1/4 wave on the end of a 1/2 line.
>
>Or, what frequency is a 135 degree line for 40 meters a quarter wave for?

135 degrees = 3/8 wavelength, right? 50% longer than a 1/4 wave.

It's easiest to look for half wavelengths.. 1/4 wave at 7MHz is 1/2 
wave at 14 MHz. but you want 50% longer.. 3/2 length = 2/3 frequency 
-> 28/3 MHz = 9.33 MHz?


>That would make it simple to figure out.  Thanks and 73
>Tom W7WHY
>
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