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Originally Posted by Andy N1ORK
I like it!! How were the 'Hamsticks' connected to the coax? would be great to see a pic of that and a closeup of the assembly. Putting two of those back to back and you get muti-band dipole that could be rotated with a small rotator.
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Andy - n1ork
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I have considered the rotatable dipole idea. In fact, here's a link to a multi band hamstick dipole project I have been strongly considering:
http://mysite.verizon.net/cpthaines/id33.html
I have re-worked the design because performance on 75 meters was poor with all 6 hamsticks. Now I am running 3 antennas for 20, 40, and 75 meters and it is performing well. Of course, I can change out any antenna for operations on any other band.
And, I doubled the adapter plates for more durability. The 65mph wind gusts last week bent the single plate a little. Here's a close-up of the coax connections:
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