At 09:55 AM 4/27/97 -0500, George wrote, in response to N4KG:
>>This is the age old antenna question!
>>
>>There is NO SINGLE OPTIMUM HEIGHT, especially for the high bands. TWO
>>antennas at 40 and 80 ft are very effective with
>>switching for upper, lower, and both in phase.
>
>Tom,
>
>I aggree with your comments but, to ask the orignal question again.
>
>If I gave you a TH-7 and this was to be your only antenna
>for 20-15-10 and you wanted it to work "best" over an
>entire solar cycle at anytime of day or at any distance
>at what height would you put it?
>
George -- I think you added a joker to the deck by specifying "over an
entire solar cycle." After all, that's 11 years.
For what it's worth, W3LPL urged me, when I was planning to stop at 70
feet, that I instead go up to 100 ft. Frank has thought about these things
a bit, and he felt that I'd be much better off at that height during this
part of the solar cycle (for DX contesting), and could always add a lower
antenna later. So far, it seems to be proving out.
73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com
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