"Owen Duffy" wrote in message
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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

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?)