I've done it with pairs of identical "hamsticks" ....
two feet above the cab of my pickup. It made a GREAT NVIS HF antenna!

Thanks. I don't own any of them, yet, but it sounds like a possibility.
I'm probably going to want DX, though, so NVIS isn't something that I'm
seeking. If I'm horizontal, I'll want some elevation.

The NVIS was not caused by the hamsticks, themselves,
but by their being VERY LOW!
(2 feet above my pickup cab is only 8-9 feet high)

I'm not in any way claiming hamsticks are the "best" antenna,
but if you elevated a dipole made of them, I'm sure they
would not act like cloud-burners anymore.

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"Sal M. Onella" wrote in
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I have two multiband trap verticals They are not exactly the same,
but close. Obviously they're intended to be mounted vertically above
a ground.

What happens if I mount them horizontally, base-to base? If I feed
one with coax as designed, would it see the other one as a
counterpoise? Could I remove any base matching components and feed
them both with a 1:1 balun, in effect duplicating the function of a
horizontal wire trap dipole?

Will water drain from the traps in their new configuration?

Owen

"Owen Duffy" wrote in message
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"Sal M. Onella" wrote in
:

I have two multiband trap verticals They are not exactly the same,
but close. Obviously they're intended to be mounted vertically above
a ground.

What happens if I mount them horizontally, base-to base? If I feed
one with coax as designed, would it see the other one as a
counterpoise? Could I remove any base matching components and feed
them both with a 1:1 balun, in effect duplicating the function of a
horizontal wire trap dipole?

Will water drain from the traps in their new configuration?

Owen

Probably not, unless I do something special, like custom drain holes. Being
in Southern California, we have a six-month virtually rain-free summer
coming up, so I suppose it cold be a fair-weather project. (What do you bet
I forget to take it down in October?)