"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
...
Sal M. Onella wrote:
... and it does for me on 20 and 10. I don't know how many sets of
dipole
elements can be connected at the same time, but I think it's more than
the
two I have up there now. Richard gave the number five. That's why I
said
I'm going to try a set for 40m.

A fan dipole with elements for 40m and 15m doesn't
work well because of the resonant interaction
between those two elements of 0.5WL and 1.5WL.
Most hams I know use the 40m dipole also for 15m
operation with a tuner.

I don't seem to hear much on 15 and I've only made one contact on that band.
That was with a tuner on a non-resonant antenna. I don't plan to have
elements for 15, so I may have no issues. Thanks for the cautionary note.

"Sal"
(KD6VKW)