[80m] 4 square

Thu, 17 Jan 2002 11:46:15 -0500

On 1/11/02 4:30 PM, Bill Fisher, W4AN at [email protected] wrote:

>Actually, that isn't all correct.  SWR is an indication that your system
>is interacting with something close to it.  My 80M 4-square had 1.7:1 SWR
>in the NE and SW directions.  We detuned all my towers, and now it is
>1.1:1 and the 4-square has much better pattern than before.

How does DEtuning the towers help? I would think that tuning them all to 
the same frequency would be more important to keeping a consistant 
pattern. 

Won't elements on slightly different frequencies work as parasitic 
elements? Or am I missing something?

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: [email protected]
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