[SJDXA] Vertical Question

KI4KWR - Steve Molo ki4kwr at gmail.com
Fri Aug 21 09:46:21 EDT 2020


This was a interesting repeater conversation and almost all the time they
ask me and I have always relied on what I saw at N2CW site as a reference
since it works.

On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 10:01 PM Bob Beyer <bob_beyer at verizon.net> wrote:

> Depends on the band.  You can’t just use one single number for all
> verticals.
>
> Verticals interact.  The interaction can actually beneficial.  That’s
> whole reason a four-square works at all.
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> You said: *“How far of a separation should verticals be from each other?”*
>
> Conversely, one could ask “How close should verticals be?”
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> Glass half empty vs half full.  What’s the intent/goal?  Are you trying to
> use them together or trying to prevent them from interacting?
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> On 2m (144 MHz), two verticals 50’ apart would have very little, if any,
> interaction.  Not so on 40m, 80m, or 160m.
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> Bob, KE2D
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> *From:* sjdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:
> sjdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] *On Behalf Of *Steve Molo (KI4KWR)
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 16, 2020 8:10 PM
> *To:* sjdxa at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* [SJDXA] Vertical Question
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> How far of a separation should verticals be from each other? Question of
> the day yesterday… I said 50ft
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>
> Steve
>
> KI4KWR
>
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