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aRKay wrote:

I just purchased a Ten-Tec 1208 Transverter to get my feet wet on six
meters. I would like to use my existing W9INN fan dipole if possible.
At the present time the fan dipole has three sets of wires from the
common feed point for 40/80, 10 MHz and 18 MHz. My plan is to add
another short set of wires cut for 50.125 MHz. Since each of the new
wires will only be 4.67 feet, I plan to use stand offs and run them
close to the 40/80 dipoles. It will be interesting to see if this
really works. Any suggestions for the short stand off insulators?

Dick, AA5VU
aa5vu at arrl.net

Any suggestions on how to keep the new six meter wires from wrapping
around the 40 meter wire in the wind? My plan sounds good until the
wind blows and I have visions of the short six meter wires getting
tangled in the other wires. I would tie them off with additional tie
ropes but it would wind up looking more like an extreme Inverted V
antenna.

AA5VU