[TowerTalk] 80M 4-sq on 60M

[Stan Stockton]

Terry,

I used to have an 80m dipole that radiated the dump power from my 80m 4
Square.  Dipole happened to be on edge of a drop off favoring NW where my 4
Square wasn't good because of all the towers in the way of that direction.

Can't say it made huge difference because it may have only been 50-75 watts
but better than warming up a resistor.

73...Stan, K5GO

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 1:14 PM terry burge <ki7m at comcast.net wrote:

> Hi Stan,
>
> That's an interesting idea. I could hang a vertical dipole off my tower
> for 60 meters and feed it thru the dump power connection on my 4-square.
> Hummmm?
>
> Terry
> KI7M
>
> > On January 24, 2019 at 11:02 AM Stan Stockton <wa5rtg at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > You either warm up a dummy load or warm up components in the Comtek box.
> > You also won't have a good SWR.
> >
> > A better alternative would be to put up another antenna that is resonant
> on
> > 60m and dump the dump power into that antenna so it can be radiated.
> >
> > Stan, K5GO
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 12:54 PM N2TK, Tony <tony.kaz at verizon.net wrote:
> >
> > > I have a wire 80M 4-sq with elevated radials using a Comtek box. It
> works
> > > well and has a nice pattern. I also use it on 60M with a good SWR and
> some
> > > F/B. 100W in gives me 35W dumped power. What would happen if I remove
> the
> > > dumped power dummy load on 60M? Do I hurt anything? Do I reduce signal
> or
> > > potentially cause a problem with the Comtek box? Max power is 100W.
> > >
> > > Tnx for any feedback.
> > >
> > > N2TK, Tony
> > >
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