If I've learned anything in my 40yrs a ham, then I know you'll get replies from all sides.
I'll just advise you to build it and see. A couple years ago I asked a similar type of question about a 4Sq array of wire inverted L's in the sloping woods. I have 2 raised radials per. (I also have them on 40 & 20) Got lots of replies that it wouldn't work, or wouldn't work well. Both 80 and 40 work great. I had a 2el array of low inverted L's on 160m (needs repair now_) The 80m one works well. It doesn't work "VY2ZM, K1LZ or VE1ZZ" well, but it works. Build it and they will come. Mike VE9AA.. Hello Guys and Gals, I have been planning on building an 80 meter 4-Square around my 117' tower. I know it will likely require detuning the tower to make it 'invisable' to the 4-square so that is probably in the cards. Because of the difficulty of my particular location have to consider shifting the array a bit. Wondering if offsetting it from the tower a couple of feet to the east would matter? I've also thought about slightly orienting the 4-square instead of on N-S-E-W to turn it like 10 degrees where the north-south lineup of verticals would be more like 10 degrees - 190 degrees and the east west accordingly. The reason for this would be that the side hill to the NE where I have my one vertical has about 5 foot dropoff to the level ground. Basically I like in a gorge area with a seasonal creek through it but you deal with what you have of course. Any thoughts pro or con? Terry KI7M Mike, Coreen & Corey Keswick Ridge, NB _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
