Greg, Thanks for the great reminder! The chapter does in fact describe exactly what I have been planning. It also gave me the most important piece of information- as long as the tower is grounded, which is the case, it has no impact on the 80m 4SQ. The trees will be happy as I don't have to make extra room for the 4SQ
Rudy N2WQ Sent using a tiny keyboard. Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate autocorrect. > On Dec 7, 2015, at 1:08 PM, Greg Zenger <[email protected]> wrote: > > Take a look at section 6 of chapter 11 of ON4UNs book. > > There is a whole discussion on a configuration very similar to what you > propose. > > Greg N2GZ > On Dec 6, 2015 8:07 PM, "Rudy Bakalov via Topband" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I am in the process of clearing land for full size 80m 4SQ. I have two >> questions for the group: >> >> 1) How much and what kind of degradation should I see if I place the 4SQ >> elements around my tower. The tower is 90' and has a 4 el 40 m yagi at 90' >> and 6 el tribander at 105'. Currently I have no plans to detune the tower, >> but do have plans to use it as a 160m TX antenna. >> >> 2) If the consensus is to move the 4SQ away from the tower, how far should >> I move it? Also, in what direction should I move it with respect to the W >> and S elements of the 4SQ. >> >> Rudy N2WQ >> >> Sent using a tiny keyboard. Please excuse brevity, typos, or >> inappropriate autocorrect. >> _________________ >> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
