[TowerTalk] 40 meter 4 Square recommendations/observations

[dave arruzza]

Hello all,
  I am planning on erecting a 40 meter 4 square. Standard 1/4 wave spacing. I cannot swing a shorty 40 beam as I had wished.
   
  All elements are to be elevated at 20 feet with 4 elevated radials per element. 
   
  Question: If I used inverted L elements,  22' vertical, 11' horizontal, would this enable me to have a good signal on short hop, <1500 km, as well as DX? 
   
  My single inverted L, for 160m,  appears to work that way.
   
  I would just like to have some real world thoughts of how this type of array has played for others. 
   
  BTW the array will be located in Ansonia CT over moist, almost swampy ground. 
   
  Thanks,
  Dave W1CTN
   
   
   

       
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