[TowerTalk] putting a reflector below a 75 meter inverted vee

[Bill Turner]

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On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:19:27 -0400, Joe Barnes <n4jbk at bellsouth.net>
wrote:

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>I am using an inverted vee at 95 feet and am contemplating putting a 
>reflector below it for a close in chatting. I believe that the reflector 
>needs to be 5% longer than the inverted vee but what should the spacing 
>be? I was told tonight to just lay the reflector on the ground but that 
>makes no sense to me. Thank yall for your help

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You are creating a two element yagi. The usual spacing between yagi
elements is between .1 and .2 wavelengths. 

this is an interesting idea. Let us know how it works.

Bill W6WRT