dang! my 5B-WAZ and 5B-DXCC placques shouldn't be on the wall because I
got them both using a 40/80 sloping dipole with the apex at 70 feet.
Bob, K9RHY
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From: towertalk-admin@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-admin@contesting.com] On Behalf Of n4gi
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 5:16 AM
To: Towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [Towertalk] Choices
N4KG writes:
<<40M dipoles work well for DX at 60 ft and above.
50 ft is 'OK' but not great.
80M dipoles *begin* to 'play' around 90 ft or so.
I'm pretty happy with my 130 ft high dipoles.
Anything less is a cloud warmer, which may work
some DX, but is much better for local contacts.
You would be MUCH better off with a GOOD vertical
(and radial field) for Low Band DX given your height restrictions.>> I
don't think that this is necessarily the case. My rotary dipole at a
measly 40' is ALWAYS 3+ S units better than my vertical for DX RX. Not
the same as a wire, I'm aware, however it's still one element... The
vertical has plenty of resonant radials. 73, Blake N4GI
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