silverbandit44
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Re: possible or not?
Hi,
Interesting, I am hoping to put up a virtical silver rod for fm, on the same mast as the s/rod, would a inverted v dipole for working ssb dx affect the vertical & vice versa cheers.
keith.
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5/Jul/2008, 12:27 pm
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Hot Fusion
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Re: possible or not?
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"would it be possible to use a 6m beam...trimmed down slightly with a atu as a half sized kind of beam?"
Going back to the original question, the answer is no. Trust me, I'm an idiot...
The reason is because the spacing between the driven element and the directors have a strict matematical relationship with the frequency being used, and if these spacings are changed (or the frequency changed) the beam will no longer radiate in a directional manner, but will simply scatter the readiation in a random manner.
So - whilst it would be possible to tune the driven enement by using an ATU, the antenna as a whole wouldn't work.
You could build a physically smaller beam by placing loading coils in the elements, but the spacings between them would have to remain correct, and the overall efficiency of the antenna would suffer.
Better to stick with a vertical, really.
Have you considered a cubical quad?
A biggish antenna, but it could be made foldable to a degree.
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25/Jul/2008, 9:18 pm
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26fb139
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Re: possible or not?
a couple of wire dipole antennas one north /south & one west /east work well & hard to see??? could even add extra wires as reflecters??
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26/Jul/2008, 12:51 pm
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26fb139
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Re: possible or not?
re your dipole can do em for £21.00 + p&p
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26/Jul/2008, 2:14 pm
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tony147
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Re: possible or not?
Hey Keith I'll ave one at that price pm me the details please
Tony
--- 26FB147. Using Yaesu FT 897, Silver Rod and 6 foot Firestik
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26/Jul/2008, 9:30 pm
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