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An example of the effect of tower coupling on an array

It's well known that a nearby tower can affect the performance of a vertical array but I haven't seen any articles which give an actual example.  Last fall I made such measurements on an 80m 4-square which clearly show just how bad the interaction can be.  Attached is a summary of those measurements: Download NK7U array tests 7 Oct 08 .  This file is about 73 kB.

March 15, 2009 in Vertical array design ideas | Permalink

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