[Lowfer] Question : Hanging Vertical drop wires on a Horizontal Top Load

[Neil]

Hi Andy. What purpose would the drop wires serve? Are you trying to add another band to ur OCFD?
Neil Klagge 
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> On Sep 24, 2015, at 18:23, Andy - KU4XR via Lowfer <lowfer at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> Greetings all:
> 
> I finally put an antenna back in the air.. It's a simple 160m OCF dipole, up 30 feet, with a 
> single wire feeder.. Still working to get it self resonant on 160 meters.. I haven't measured 
> to the inch the length of the horizontal wire, but it's very close to 260 feet +/- a bit.. 
> The single wire feeder is about 35 feet long, angling at 45 degree's over to my window.. 
> The mast is 20 feet from my trailer.. That's the basic setup, now my question of curiousity..  
> If I connect a vertical drop wire at any chosen point along the horizontal run, and let it hang 
> down to 8 feet AGL, and tie it down so it does not wave in the wind... Will the vertical wire 
> radiate RF ?? Will it be in the vertical plane ?? What if I hang more than one drop wire, 
> spaced at a chosen distance ?? I'm curious if the vertical drop wires will benefit in any
> way, or, " just be there " ... Thanks for any comments on the matter.. 73 to all :
> 
> Andy - KU4XR
> 
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