[NLRS] [BC'ers] Need advice on yagi stacking

[Matt Burt]

Hello David,

I had some good luck placing the 6M antenna on top with the other bands below.  
There is really no compelling reason to have the higher band antennas above the 
50Mhz yagi if you are in a location with good views and elevation.

In the portable setups I have used over the years I had an “H” frame where I placed
the 1296 and 902 at the same level on the bottom which worked really well.  You might
want to look at  the possibility of having 222 and 423 on the top of an “H” frame below
 the 144 antenna..

Of course we all know there will be interaction between yagis but keeping the distances 
as far as practical should help.

Good luck -

Matt - KF0Q
EN44ea

On Jun 20, 2015, at 3:32 PM, David Palm <thepalmhq at gmail.com> wrote:

> Friends,
> 
> The Palm family got on the air as much as we could in this last contest and
> we enjoyed handing out some points.  Things are little by little freeing up
> here, so I'm starting work on revamping the antenna stack, in anticipation
> of the September ARRL contest.
> 
> The antennas I currently have are a Cushcraft A50-5S 5-element yagi on 50
> MHz, a Cushcraft A148-10S 10-element yagi on 144 MHz (not optimal, I know,
> but it's what I have), a home-brewed N6NB 8-element quagi on 222 MHz, I'm
> about to buy a 22-element 432 yagi on a 14 foot boom.I also want 900 and
> 1296 MHz in the same stack.
> 
> My question to the group is how best to stack these?  Can the 900 and 1296
> MHz antennas go under the larger antennas, since they need less clearance
> without "seeing" the other antennas, or should I just go ahead and do the
> classic "Christmas tree", going up from 50, 144, 222, 432, 900, and 1296?
> 
> Thanks and 73,
> 
> David  W9HQ
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