On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:35:40 -0000, "John" wrote:

I tried in the summer to nest 5 delta loops with the feed point as described
above and then brought the feed points together (without matching stubs) ,

Hi John,

Without matching (stubs? these are usually shorted or open - perhaps
you mean lines) seems to go against your goal of a 5 band, no-tune
antenna. The alternative is to have 5 matching lines, a lot of wire
in the air.

however it is not physically possible to do this - they really need
separating out.

It would seem to be physically possible, just not elegant, nor
successful.

If you are willing to invest in such complexity and wire, why not ONE
antenna that does it all without such grief? Consult:
http://home.comcast.net/~kb7qhc/ante.../Cage/cage.htm
or
http://www.qsl.net/kb7qhc/antenna/Discone/discone.htm

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC