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Re: [TowerTalk] phased 40 meter verticals

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] phased 40 meter verticals
From: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:01:20 -0700
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Hi Jim

Don't know where my '1/4 wave on the end of a 1/2 wave' came from :-)  It's 
3/8 wave not 3/4 wave.  Brain fart I guess.

Thanks for straightening me out and 73
Tom W7WHY


Thanks
>Will I get the same reading, being it is a 1/4 wave on the end of a >1/2 
>line.
>>
>>Or, what frequency is a 135 degree line for 40 meters a quarter wave for?
>
> 135 degrees = 3/8 wavelength, right? 50% longer than a 1/4 wave.
>
> It's easiest to look for half wavelengths.. 1/4 wave at 7MHz is 1/2 wave 
> at 14 MHz. but you want 50% longer.. 3/2 length = 2/3 frequency -> 28/3 
> MHz = 9.33 MHz?
>


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