[TowerTalk] Stacking tribanders.

Mike Fatchett W0MU w0mu at w0mu.com
Mon Jun 20 18:14:06 EDT 2022


I think I came up with 32 ft or read that.  It could have been Pete's 
article.  30 ish feet is the sweet spot.

W0MU

On 6/20/2022 6:29 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> About 25 years ago, I modeled this extensively, using TH-7s and C-3s 
> as my antennas. I wrote an article in NCJ for July 1996 on my results, 
> but unfortunately it is not available online.  I concluded that for 
> best compromise among 20, 15 and 10 meters with the C-3, spacing about 
> 30 feet seemed about right.  Unforrtunately, I no longer have the 
> article, and cannot recall what the result was with the longer boom 
> tribanders.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> On 6/20/2022 8:16 AM, Gregg Seidl wrote:
>> Thinking about stacking a couple of tribanders. Top at 80ish feet and 
>> the
>> lower one at 40-45 feet.
>> Thoughts or comments?
>>
>> Gregg K9KL
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