In a message to Wayne Sarosi  Ray Wade wrote:
 > SB> meter one tunes great!! But the 10 meter
 > SB> one refuses to tune below 2:1. Again
 > SB> I am using an MFJ-259 tester. I have the
 > SB> two wires joined at the hookup and
 > SB> they are seperated about 12" at the end
 > SB> of the 10 meter dipole.  Is there any
 > SB> way to get this thing to tune?? I have a
 > SB> tuner but don't really want to use
 > WS> Uh, run this by me again. You have the IV by the dipole?
 > WS> I don't understand.
 RW> I *think* he is trying to feed both antennas at the same feedpoint. The
 RW> 10 meter dipole is suspended under the 40 meter dipole by a 12"
 RW> (insulated?) spacer connected to the 40 meter dipole (above it) at each
 RW> end of the 10 meter one.
OK. I guess the term "dipole" threw me off. I had this picture of
a 10m Inverted Vee with a 10m dipole sitting above it. If he wants
to make the pair work he needs to set them up like this:
                         10m IV
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          -------------------------------- 40m IV
                         |
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Put the 40m IV on top, 10m underneath with the 12 inch gap
(This is a top view). 
He should have better luck tuning it.
I've seen that design you were talking about with the rotor
control cable cut to various bands. A MARS member had one but
had to use a tuner. It seemed to get out OK for in state nets.
-WS
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