[Antennas] Quad matching

[Tom Horton]

Hi folks,
 I've been using quads for over 40 years and I have always fed each band separately.
I am curious if any "quaders" have had any luck with just tieing all the driven elements
together and fed them that way.
 I know that it has been done, and I wonder if there is any data that shows how much difference there is in this method in regard to performance?
 Not being a big gun, in fact operating QRP a lot, I can't stand a whole lot of loss or ineffeciency...but, it it was a tolerable amout it would make things much easier as
I prepare to rebuild my antenna after moving back here to TX.
 Thanks in advance for any opinions.
73, Tom K5IID


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Tom Horton K5IID
Hillsboro, TX
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