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Old November 27th 05, 10:35 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore
 
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Default Station ground/2nd floor

Irv Finkleman wrote:
Why not run two ground wires in parallel -- one twice as long as the
other? When one is Hi-Z the other will be Lo-Z and vice versa.


That will help on some frequencies but it is akin to trying to
erect a 1/2WL fan dipole for all frequencies - can't be done. Sooner
or later, you will run into a frequency where length #1 is N*1/4WL
and length #2 is (N+1)1/4WL. "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature."
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp