[TowerTalk] 40 and 20 at 15 ft apart

Steve London n2icarrl at gmail.com
Tue Aug 30 13:06:41 PDT 2011


 > The older design tribanders like the KLM KT34's had
 > the parasitic elements
 > electrically attached to the boom and it is almost impossible to achieve a 
 >low interaction regardless
 >of height/orientation.

Really ? I have a KT-34XA, a KT-36XA and a KT-34A. All elements are insulated 
from the boom.

You can get surprising interactions. For example, I have a 2 element wire beam 
on 80 meters, supported from, and electrically insulated from a 34' boom, 
attached to the tower. That 34' boom could look a lot like a 20 meter reflector 
to the KT-36XA that is also on the tower.

73,
Steve, N2IC


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