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Jbird
New member Username: Jbird
Post Number: 8 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Sunday, October 08, 2006 - 5:51 pm: |
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How detrimental would it be to have an Anton 99 sharing a pole with a two meter vertical antenna “goal post” style, three feet apart? Four feet? |
Goat373
Intermediate Member Username: Goat373
Post Number: 300 Registered: 3-2005
| Posted on Sunday, October 08, 2006 - 8:20 pm: |
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that depends...do you plan on using both at the same time??...if so...it wint work well, they will cause interferance to the other radio... however, i have done just that, i just made sure that when i was on 2 meter...11 meter was off, and visa versa...worked like a champ |
Starface
Advanced Member Username: Starface
Post Number: 802 Registered: 1-2005
| Posted on Sunday, October 08, 2006 - 8:32 pm: |
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I now have my 2 meter 10 feet under my A99 on the same tower and don't have a problem out of either. Give it a try is all you can do but I don't think your going to have any problems at all. |
Goat373
Intermediate Member Username: Goat373
Post Number: 301 Registered: 3-2005
| Posted on Sunday, October 08, 2006 - 10:00 pm: |
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vertical seperation is the way to go(one over the other)but i think when he said "goal post style" he ment side by side, thats what i tried and why i posted my results. |
Tech237
Moderator Username: Tech237
Post Number: 548 Registered: 4-2004
| Posted on Monday, October 09, 2006 - 10:27 am: |
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I have done just that in the past - with no trouble. In fact I also had a 6m vertical on the same cross arm so that across the top was - 6m vert, 3ft gap, A99, 3ft gap and 2m antenna. The rule of thumb is to space the antennas so that the minimum gap is 1/4 wave at the highest frequency. Anything greater than that works. BTW in my case the radios ran 24/7 as the A-99 was actually feeding a 27MHZ Marine radio when I was a Base Station for a Marine Rescue Unit as well as a member of WICEN (Wireless Iinstitute Civil Emergency Network). At no time did I have any trouble with any radio interfering with any other one. As an aside the guy wires were also pressed into use as HF inverted Vs. |
Chad
Senior Member Username: Chad
Post Number: 1139 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Monday, October 09, 2006 - 10:43 am: |
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I have an Arrow Antennas J-Pole about 3.5' away from my Inax and really notice no Ill effects. The feed points are at the same height. Chad |
Jbird
New member Username: Jbird
Post Number: 9 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Monday, October 09, 2006 - 11:10 am: |
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Thanks Guys, I'll let ya know how things work out. This will be the seventh antenna off my 8x14' townhouse deck. Hopefully the xyl wont notice the small addition of a 10' antenna. nyuk nyuk nyuk! |
Chad
Senior Member Username: Chad
Post Number: 1143 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Monday, October 09, 2006 - 10:27 pm: |
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Uuuuhhhh, She will notice |
Tech237
Moderator Username: Tech237
Post Number: 553 Registered: 4-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 9:09 am: |
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Why do you think I used to theys on HF? It was to sneak another antenna in past my parents. It also took dad 6 years to realize why I offered to paint the back elevated deck that year - snuck another antenna (loop type) under the deck while doing that. |
Jbird
Junior Member Username: Jbird
Post Number: 10 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 11:36 am: |
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OK, Antron by itself was 1.3 at 1 and 40. Now in new set up with F22a (antenna, not fighter) 1- 2.9, 20-2.5, 40-3.25 tuning rings did very little in changing swr. The rings would lower or raise swr spread but not shift it right or left. So I added a matcher and got it close to original settings. 2M antenna is dead on perfect. Cable is rg8x, 30 feet. It's 6 feet longer than I need/want. I will replace that later. |
Jbird
Junior Member Username: Jbird
Post Number: 12 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 10:59 am: |
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Changed cable to RG213. SWR went up. After great loss of hair ,I got it to 1.5 at the ends and 1.3 in the middle by adding a counterpoise to the bottom bracket. |