[Antennas] 26B2 - puzzle for the weekend.

Sun Apr 15 17:26:08 EDT 2012

I guess that one went a little out of the park.
Thanks for the one reply I received off-list.
If anyone has an opinion or suggestion I would appreciate hearing it.
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Tim Billingsley <kd5ckp at gmail.com> wrote:
> First of all y'all don't laugh me off of the list.
>> I have searched the web for an answer to this question.
>> I have a Cushcraft 26B2 I recently acquired and I want to do something
> unorthodox with it.
>> I don't have room on my mast to stack the 13B2s horizontally so I am
> curious if I leave the phasing boom horizontal and turn one of the 13B2s
> horizontal will the antennas act effectively as independant antennas while
> still being connected through the phasing system? or maybe the question
> should be will the antennas still work effectively while still being
> co-phased or will they null each other out?
>> I know this is not going to offer the gain of having them either
> horizontally or vertically co-phased, but will the system still work
> reasonably well?
>> Some of you Antenna/NEC Gurus please give me your opinions.
>> I figure this is going out on a limb, but I am trying to avoid additional
> runs of coax and switches.
>> Pending how many "Are you crazy?" responses I get I have a second part to
> this question.
>> Thanks for your input.
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