Ron-
The reason stacked tribanders don't work as well as monobanders is
that you can only optimize the stacking distance for one band.
I have used a stack of tribanders, though, and I can attest they
are better by far than a single yagi.
Tom
K0SN
On Sun, Apr 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM Ron WV4P <wv4ptn@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am very surprised to learn that multi-band antennas do not work well in
> stacks.
>
> Ron, WV4P
>
> On Sun, Apr 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu@w0mu.com> wrote:
>
> > He could have used 20m monobanders and saved a ton of
> > money......Obviously money was not an issue. 4 80 ft towers as the
> > supports.....etc.......And then when it broke you were SOL.
> >
> > W0MU
> >
> > On 4/6/2025 7:34 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> > > A stack in 2 dimensions like that only works well on one band.
> > > It won't be anything great whether SteppIR's or any other tribanders
> > > are used. W6BH tried a stack of KT34's (only vertical stacking)
> > > and it didn't work very well, which should have been obvious without
> > > building it. As was said, more cents than sense.
> > >
> > > 73
> > > Rick N6RK
> > >
> > > On 4/5/2025 9:27 PM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
> > >> K9LTN became a silent key in 2009. It would be interesting to know
> > >> if that
> > >> system ever worked and what happened to it.
> > >>
> > >> John KK9A
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> David Gilbert AB7E wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I wonder what happened to it. K9LTN is an expired callsign.
> > >>
> > >> Dave AB7E
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 4/5/2025 7:23 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> > >>> Imagine this maintenance headache:
> > >>> https://www.kkn.net/dayton2006/K9LTN.pdf
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> > >>> John KK9A
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