From: "Ron W8RJL" <youngron@verizon.net>
To: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el yagi question
> Tom,
>
> A vertical two element array will normally have a lower take off angle
> than a 2 element horizontal array (and low angle is what you want for DX)
> but as others have said there are many factors involved such as heigth
> above ground. I am not sure of what band you are using either. A good
> book for the low band antennas is "ON4UN's Low Band DXing" book. Ron
> W8RJL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
> To: "Ron W8RJL" <youngron@verizon.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el yagi question
>
>
>> On 5/17/2012 6:56 PM, Ron W8RJL wrote:
>>> Tom, your original post said a dipole E and W but now you say it is a
>>> VERTICAL dipole ???????
>>>
>>> Please verify what you are attempting to do.
>>>
>>> Ron W8RJL
>>>
>>> -
>> HI Ron
>>
>> The vertical dipole is there now, but I could also put up a horizontal
>> version. Just trying to figure which way to go.
>>
>> The horizontal dipole arrangement would be at about 70 feet so don't know
>> if it would be better or worse than a vertical array for DX'ing. 73
>> Tom W7WHY
>>
>>
>>
>
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