I am in the process of clearing land for full size 80m 4SQ. I have two
questions for the group:
1) How much and what kind of degradation should I see if I place the 4SQ
elements around my tower. The tower is 90' and has a 4 el 40 m yagi at 90'
and 6 el tribander at 105'. Currently I have no plans to detune the tower,
but do have plans to use it as a 160m TX antenna.
2) If the consensus is to move the 4SQ away from the tower, how far should
I move it? Also, in what direction should I move it with respect to the W
and S elements of the 4SQ.
What happens depends entirely on how the tower behaves on 160. It might
cause great harm, or it might have no effect at all. There isn't a way to
tell without either testing it or modeling it without EVERY metallic guy
line and antenna accurately included in the model, along with ground points.
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