[TowerTalk] Vertical suggestions????

[Jim Lux]

At 11:51 AM 8/9/2007, Bill Turner wrote:
>After many years of using trap dipoles and individual switched dipoles
>I recently put up a set of three parallel-connected dipoles
>(160/80/40) and was very pleasantly surprised how easily they were to
>tune. I had always shied away from parallel dipoles because of stories
>about serious interaction between them, etc, etc. Not so. It was a
>piece of cake when using a MFJ-259 SWR analyzer.
>
>The point is, I would suggest parallel verticals, 1/4 wl on each band.
>Use one strong central pole for the lowest frequency and hang wires
>from it for the higher bands and spread the wires out a few degrees.


If you can make the pole not look like an antenna (maybe one of those 
ship's mast type flag poles with rigging) this is a good way to 
go.  You need to get the other wires seperated by a few inches to get 
good performance.

(And, as Bill says, something like a MFJ259 makes it straightforward 
to tune.. it's a nightmare without it..)


>I bet you will also be pleasantly surprised.
>
>Bill W6WRT
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