[Elecraft] 80 Meter Verticals

[Jim Brown]

On Wed,3/1/2017 5:25 AM, Charlie T, K3ICH wrote:
> Is there any truth in the theory of making the vertical radiator out of multiple wires such as ladder line and even adding a third wire woven through the ladder sections and fed on one wire?

Nope. And that's not "theory," that's someone's dumb idea. :)

BUT -- using multiple spaced conductors in parallel and connecting them 
at both ends makes the conductor "thicker," which both lengthens it 1-2 
percent and broadens the SWR bandwidth. The same thing happens with a 
tower as compared to a single wire. The vertical part of my 160M Tee 
vertical is a pair of #12 spaced about 9 inches. When I added the second 
wire, I observed that my SWR bandwidth approximately doubled.

73, Jim K9YC