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I want to put a short 2 meter yagi and a long 70cm yagi on the same
vertical mast. The 70cm will be a horizontally polarized, center mounted 17' boom and the 2 meter will be a vertically polarized, end mounted 6 foot boom. How far apart do they need to be? I will only be transmitting with one at a time but one could be receiving and the other transmitting, the 70cm will be for ATV receive only for now. -- Chris W KE5GIX Gift Giving Made Easy Get the gifts you want & give the gifts they want One stop wish list for any gift, from anywhere, for any occasion! http://thewishzone.com |
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Chris W wrote in news:IT3tf.45644$ih5.19066@dukeread11:
I want to put a short 2 meter yagi and a long 70cm yagi on the same vertical mast. The 70cm will be a horizontally polarized, center mounted 17' boom and the 2 meter will be a vertically polarized, end mounted 6 foot boom. How far apart do they need to be? I will only be transmitting with one at a time but one could be receiving and the other transmitting, the 70cm will be for ATV receive only for now. A good rule of thumb is to separate them by at least a half-wave at the lowest frequency. In this case that means about a meter (39") apart. -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
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On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:33:18 GMT, Dave Oldridge wrote:
Chris W wrote in news:IT3tf.45644$ih5.19066@dukeread11: I want to put a short 2 meter yagi and a long 70cm yagi on the same vertical mast. The 70cm will be a horizontally polarized, center mounted 17' boom and the 2 meter will be a vertically polarized, end mounted 6 foot boom. How far apart do they need to be? I will only be transmitting with one at a time but one could be receiving and the other transmitting, the 70cm will be for ATV receive only for now. A good rule of thumb is to separate them by at least a half-wave at the lowest frequency. In this case that means about a meter (39") apart. Not when they are orthogonally polarized. They can be 0.000 wavelengths apart. I.e., in the OP's case, the 2M elements can be _mounted_ on the 70cm's boom. I have a 6-el, close-spaced 2m vertical mounted on the forward boom of my CC A3S. (Not that I give a crap much about 2M vert. propagation...) HNY es 73 Jonesy -- Marvin L Jones | jonz | W3DHJ | linux Pueblo, Colorado | @ | Jonesy | OS/2 __ 38.24N 104.55W | config.com | DM78rf | SK |
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Allodoxaphobia wrote in
: On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:33:18 GMT, Dave Oldridge wrote: Chris W wrote in news:IT3tf.45644$ih5.19066@dukeread11: I want to put a short 2 meter yagi and a long 70cm yagi on the same vertical mast. The 70cm will be a horizontally polarized, center mounted 17' boom and the 2 meter will be a vertically polarized, end mounted 6 foot boom. How far apart do they need to be? I will only be transmitting with one at a time but one could be receiving and the other transmitting, the 70cm will be for ATV receive only for now. A good rule of thumb is to separate them by at least a half-wave at the lowest frequency. In this case that means about a meter (39") apart. Not when they are orthogonally polarized. They can be 0.000 wavelengths apart. I.e., in the OP's case, the 2M elements can be _mounted_ on the 70cm's boom. You're right. I didn't catch the polarization thing. In fact, building them on the same boom would be quite workable. -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
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Dave Oldridge wrote:
Allodoxaphobia wrote in : On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:33:18 GMT, Dave Oldridge wrote: Chris W wrote in news:IT3tf.45644$ih5.19066@dukeread11: I want to put a short 2 meter yagi and a long 70cm yagi on the same vertical mast. The 70cm will be a horizontally polarized, center mounted 17' boom and the 2 meter will be a vertically polarized, end mounted 6 foot boom. How far apart do they need to be? I will only be transmitting with one at a time but one could be receiving and the other transmitting, the 70cm will be for ATV receive only for now. A good rule of thumb is to separate them by at least a half-wave at the lowest frequency. In this case that means about a meter (39") apart. Not when they are orthogonally polarized. They can be 0.000 wavelengths apart. I.e., in the OP's case, the 2M elements can be _mounted_ on the 70cm's boom. You're right. I didn't catch the polarization thing. In fact, building them on the same boom would be quite workable. What if they are 2 different antennas and you can't put them on the same boom, how close can I put them? -- Chris W KE5GIX Gift Giving Made Easy Get the gifts you want & give the gifts they want One stop wish list for any gift, from anywhere, for any occasion! http://thewishzone.com |
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On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 13:01:32 -0600, Chris W wrote:
Dave Oldridge wrote: Allodoxaphobia wrote: On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:33:18 GMT, Dave Oldridge wrote: Chris W wrote: I want to put a short 2 meter yagi and a long 70cm yagi on the same vertical mast. The 70cm will be a horizontally polarized, center mounted 17' boom and the 2 meter will be a vertically polarized, end mounted 6 foot boom. How far apart do they need to be? I will only be transmitting with one at a time but one could be receiving and the other transmitting, the 70cm will be for ATV receive only for now. A good rule of thumb is to separate them by at least a half-wave at the lowest frequency. In this case that means about a meter (39") apart. Not when they are orthogonally polarized. They can be 0.000 wavelengths apart. I.e., in the OP's case, the 2M elements can be _mounted_ on the 70cm's boom. You're right. I didn't catch the polarization thing. In fact, building them on the same boom would be quite workable. What if they are 2 different antennas and you can't put them on the same boom, how close can I put them? OK, if we're still talking about one vertically polarized and one horizontally polarized, I'd slap'em together so that the vertical elements are at least 1/4 wavelength from the horizontal's boom. Or, you could do what some fellers seem to do: Spend all your time in rraa, anguishing and arguing about antenna installation choices. After all, which propagates best: The antenna on the floor of the garage, or the one up in the air? HI!HI! JONESY'S AXIOM: You never put an antenna up just once. Good Luck and Happy New Year! 73 Jonesy -- Marvin L Jones | jonz | W3DHJ | linux Pueblo, Colorado | @ | Jonesy | OS/2 __ 38.24N 104.55W | config.com | DM78rf | SK |
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"Dave Oldridge" wrote in message ... Chris W wrote in news:IT3tf.45644$ih5.19066@dukeread11: I want to put a short 2 meter yagi and a long 70cm yagi on the same vertical mast. The 70cm will be a horizontally polarized, center mounted 17' boom and the 2 meter will be a vertically polarized, end mounted 6 foot boom. How far apart do they need to be? I will only be transmitting with one at a time but one could be receiving and the other transmitting, the 70cm will be for ATV receive only for now. A good rule of thumb is to separate them by at least a half-wave at the lowest frequency. In this case that means about a meter (39") apart. Sofar all the answers are assuming the question is will one antenna affect the other antenna. One other thing to look at is will the transmitter 'kill' the receiver of the other rig ? |
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"Ralph Mowery" wrote in
nk.net: "Dave Oldridge" wrote in message ... Chris W wrote in news:IT3tf.45644$ih5.19066@dukeread11: I want to put a short 2 meter yagi and a long 70cm yagi on the same vertical mast. The 70cm will be a horizontally polarized, center mounted 17' boom and the 2 meter will be a vertically polarized, end mounted 6 foot boom. How far apart do they need to be? I will only be transmitting with one at a time but one could be receiving and the other transmitting, the 70cm will be for ATV receive only for now. A good rule of thumb is to separate them by at least a half-wave at the lowest frequency. In this case that means about a meter (39") apart. Sofar all the answers are assuming the question is will one antenna affect the other antenna. One other thing to look at is will the transmitter 'kill' the receiver of the other rig ? Indeed, though not too likely since the frequencies are a fair bit apart. -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
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