[Antennas] RE: multiple dipoles \ one feed

[George, W5YR]

Sounds good, Igor. The other band elements sound as if they are being
excited more or less like a sleeve dipole works. I will have to try that
one!  Thanks.

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Igor Sokolov wrote:
> 
> I did not find the original question but having used trap dipole (3 band)  I
> now got trapless 3 band dipole that sure works much better. It is not fan
> dipole though.
> It is 20m dipole fed with coax and 15m and 10m spaced some 0.07-0.10 m from
> the 20m dipole and not electrically connected to the 20m dipole. This system
> has close to 50 ohm impedance on all 3 bands and no loss in traps. In fact
> it has a bit better gain according to the model on 10 and 15 then single
> band dipoles.
> It is also veru easy to home brew. I have been using it now for more then 2
> years as a supplement to my A3S and it is very helpful in the contests.
> 
> Igor
> UA9CDC