Do you think I could fit this in my 100x150 lot and still get a permit??
Sound like the bands must have been dead today, or you've got way tooooo
much time on your hands :)
73,
Scott
KA1CLX/AA
At 10:48 AM 4/6/97 -0400, L. B. Cebik wrote:
>With all the discussion of falling 2000' towers, I got curious, just in
>case someone was planning to pick all the pieces and put one in the back
>yard.
>
>A 40-meter vertical dipole atop a 2000' tower will have a gain of abut
>7.55 dBi with lobes at 1, 3, 5, etc. degrees.
>
>Do not place your 20 meter Yagi at 2000'. Try somewhere between 1740 and
>1860' feet instead. Here is a little chart of models every 40' down from
>2000 for a 3-element Yagi with a free space gain of about 8.1 dBi:
>
>Height Gain Take-off angle
>2000 12.65 23 degrees
>1900 13.65 10
>1860 13.77 7
>1820 13.87 6
>1780 13.89 5
>1740 13.97 4
>1700 13.84 3
>
>Pick your angle and your gain, and only buy as much scrap tower as needed.
>
>-73-
>
>LB, W4RNL
>
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