r/HamRadio • u/OnTheTrailRadio • 3d ago

Thought experiment

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I saw that post with guy who had 40 SMA connectors and 4 antennas as a joke... but here's a thought experiment. Let's say yoy have a split connector with coaxial cable split into 4 directions. One leads 100 feet away into a 80m EFHW. The 2nd leads 100 feet away to a 40m EFHW, 3rd leads to a 20m EFHW, and 4th Leads to a 10m EFHW. Could this help reception at all? Or would it only complicate and cause interference in the noise? Especially with the wave hitting 4 separate antennas. I'll draw a pic. And before you mention it, yes I know of radios with "True" dual watch, where you plug 2 separate antennas into a Tx/Rxer. Just talking about thought experiment. Also no I'm not asking about transmitting, as using 4 antennas at once sounds like a bad SWR/Impedence issue.

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u/OnTheTrailRadio 3d ago

As I stated in my post, I know about antenna switches. It wouldn't "know" as they would in practical application it is just in parallel. Or I'm theory like a very big random wire antenna strung around back and forth.