[TowerTalk] phased verticals again

Rudy Bakalov r_bakalov at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 4 19:20:14 EDT 2017


Well, it's an option, but you need the height for this arrangement. In the case of 80, assuming you have the bottom of the dipole 10' from the ground, you need a ~105' tower. What you are describing is the K8UR array.

Rudy N2WQ

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> On Sep 4, 2017, at 7:01 PM, Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:
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> Gentlemen,
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> I wonder if it could be a good idea to use vertical dipoles instead of 1/4 w verticals and groundplanes. That way you would do away with the groundplane (that seems to cause issues). My idea was to "hang" up four full size dipoles or maybe shorted such.
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> Just a thought.
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> 73 de,
> 
> Hans N2JFS
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