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Re: [TowerTalk] 4 square

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 4 square
From: RT Clay <rt_clay@bellsouth.net>
Reply-to: RT Clay <rt_clay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 20:43:24 +0000 (UTC)
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If this is for 80m and it is a 1/4-wave side square, the verticals need to be a 
little less than 50 feet away from the tower, not 33 ft.

Tor
N4OGW


> On Monday, September 26, 2016 2:50 PM, Bill via TowerTalk 
> <towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:
> > 
> Thanks to all who responded to my post on 4 squares.
> 
> From what I've read, my plan will be to:
> 
> First, run a single rope from the 90 ft tower, which will give me a ground 
> mounted 60ft wire vertical 33 ft away, I'll make up the rest by running the 
> rest of the wire about 5-6 feet back to the tower along the rope.  I'll 
> temporarily lay about 20 radials on the ground and see how it plays.  If it 
> looks like it's working in RBN tests compared to KH6LC's 4 square, 
> I'll proceed with the rest of the system.
> 
> I'm curious what most of the guys are using for their power dump in the 4 
> square.
> 
> Bill K4XS
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