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

[William E. Isakson]

Andy, it is possible to shorten a dipole by adding vertical drops at the
ends.  It is also possible to gain a band by putting vertical drops along
the middle, sized correctly, for example, it is possible to add an 80
and/or 40 meter functionality to your dipole in this way.  It does not
always work the best way that way though.  It is better to make a butterfly
with whole new wires for those bands to the same center feed point.   The
end of section drop wires would add a vertical component to your signal.
Drop wires along the route would not resonate for 160 and depending on
where they are could add some SWR.  Again, while it does decrease your
signal over a full dipole to some extent, the main reason one would want a
vertical component on a horizontal dipole is frankly tactical.   Having a
vertical component on a horizontal polarization makes it very hard to
triangulate on the location of the transmitting antenna.   That's about it.
Bill

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Bill Isakson     AC6QV
Roseburg, Oregon USA
bill.isakson at gmail.com



On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy - KU4XR via Lowfer <
lowfer at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Good day gents:
>
> The purpose of the " hanging stubs " in a completely non-theorectical way,
> is to add extra
> " Vertical " portions in the hope that they will contribute additional "
> Vertical " radiating
> sections in the antenna... 160 meters, and hoping in the future, 630
> meters, will be the only
> bands the antenna will be used for...I know the stubs will add
> capacitance, and skew the
> current distribution along the dipole section... The question is still : "
> Will the Vertical Stubs
> radiate RF in the vertical Polarization ?? "
>
> Andy - KU4XR
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