Lou:

I think this is going to have to be something I put up at the camp sites
when we get to them.  The same obviously goes for the HF dipole.

I'm just trying to come up with something fairly simple and practical here.

I did consider putting the Diamond right below the HF dipole, so that most
of it will protrude above the dipole, but as you see, there are varying
opinions as to whether or not that's a good idea.

Any more help you can give would be appreciated.

Best 73 de Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: suggestions needed for simple and quick mount 2-meter/440
antenna


> Hi.
>
> I think it will depend upon how far you get the Diamond out from the coax
> feeding the dipole.  If you can get it out far enough that it doesn't
> affect the tuning of the Diamond antenna, it should work.  There is very
> little potential for coupling between the Diamond and the dipole,
> itself.  The only risks that I see are that you might have to retune the
> Diamond if you get it too close to the coax for the other antenna, and you
> might have a shadow in your 2 meter coverage pattern in the direction
> towards the coax.  Is this something that you will put together once you
> get to the site, or something that will be mounted on the trailer all of
> the time?  I would suspect that if you can mount the Diamond so that most
> of it protrudes above the dipole, your coupling between the antenna and
the
> coax for the dipole will be greatly minimized.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
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