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Thanks to Tom, Dave and the rest of you that answered my question so
quickly. I thought I should give a little more pertinent info on this project. A elderly ham friend of mine is putting together a 70cm fast scan TV station. He chose the quad because of its wide band characteristics. His tower is Rohn 45 at 73 feet. It has a Glen Martin "Voyager" trolley/tram system. The steel mast is above the bearing plate about 14 feet. Out the top of the steel mast is 6 feet of thick wall fiberglass tubing. The two 70cm quads will be on a fiberglass cantilever arm that is approximately 48" long. It slips over the fiberglass mast and bolts into place. (arm required to clear the tower when cranking antenna system down) This arm will have two, 1 1/4" diameter post sticking up vertically to mount the quads. Here is where the question arose about how far apart the quads should be. I don't think I could/should push the cantilever arm out any further. The system, all together, could probably withstand a little longer arm if required. ?? Three 1/2 wavelengths would be ~39 inches. The quads are 7 1/2 feet long with 12 elements each and weigh 3.5 pounds. We have no modeling software, just a desire to do it right the first time. Thanks again & 73, Steve ab5mm |
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