[TowerTalk] Fan dipole construction methods

N1BUG paul at n1bug.com
Sun Oct 1 08:50:28 EDT 2017


> I would not recommend a parallel/fan dipole with 80/30 meters.  I've
> tried it several times and the 80 meters wire detunes 30 meters.  The
> antenna works as badly as if one simply used a tuner to force power
> into the 80 meter wire.

Thanks Joe. That makes sense.

> The better "solution" for fan dipoles would be two fans - one for
> 80/40 and one for 60/30 where one has a harmonic relationship between
> the two bands in the antenna.

That would be attractive and reduces ropes considerably over single 
band wires. I just need to find a mechanical approach that works.

73,
Paul N1BUG


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