I wish that I could get one up 40ft. My mast for the loaded droopy dipole
is about 21ft. WASed on 75m tho'
Chrsi opr VE7HCB
At 04:59 PM 2001-12-10 -0600, n4kg@juno.com wrote:
>As most readers know, I've been preaching that everyone
>needs BOTH High and Low antennas to cover ALL the angles
>supported by the ionosphere. IMHO, everyone would benefit
>by having a good tribander (or separate monobanders) at
>40 ft in addition to higher antennas. A 40 ft high horizontally
>polarized antenna will cover up to 20 degrees on 10M, 30 degrees
>on 15M, and 40+ degrees on 20M which fills in the NULLS
>of higher antennas for the high angle openings and close in
>stations. During the SS, my 40 ft high TH7 was 10 to 20 dB
>louder into W1,2,3 (500 to 800 miles) than my 4L15 at 55 ft
>and my 3L20 at 75 ft.
>
>Tom N4KG
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