[TowerTalk] Do I need to Offset Yagis 90 Degrees?

[navydude1962 at yahoo.com]

Also offsetting them minimizes the windload 

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On Aug 25, 2011, at 5:31, "Bill Parry" <bparry at rgv.rr.com> wrote:

> I have a 2 element Cushcraft 40 M beam and a Force 12 C3 mounted at the top
> of my 120 foot tower. The C3 is at 120 feet and the 2 element 40 is at 132
> feet. They severely interacted until I had the tower guy come back and turn
> the C3 90 degrees from the 2 element 40.  Now there is little interaction
> and they both work fine.
> 
> If I were you I would try it with both pointing the same direction but have
> in mind that you will probably have to make another trip up the tower to
> move the bottom antenna.
> 
> Bill W5VX 
> 
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> Subject: [TowerTalk] Do I need to Offset Yagis 90 Degrees?
> 
> I would rather point them in the same direction. The 2 ele for 40 will be 10
> feet above the TH-11DX. Anyone have any experience with this? VE9HF
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