> I live on a 192 foot AARZT hilltop with broad, relatively flat
> river (wash) valleys extending out 5 to 8 miles in the important
> directions. I'm putting up a 70 foot tower. At the top will be
> a full sized three element 40 interlaced with a full sized three
> element 30 on 40 foot boom (2 feedlines). At the 40 foot level
> on a tic ring rotator will be a 12 element LPDA coverng 14 to 30
> MHz (30 foot boom, one feedline).
Does the LPDA manual give a minimum height above ground
to get the published specs? Looks to me like 20 and 17 meters
will be influenced by the nearness to the ground.
(((73)))
Phil, K5PC
"The Dark Ages were caused by a Y1K problem"
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