> Ok this may seems a silly question but with all this talk of 2000' + towers
> it got me thinking. WHY does the height of the tower matter so much?
It is to gain maximum distance. 1,649' gets you a 55 mile radius,
in Florida where a high hill is 124 feet high.
> Is it not easier to mount a shorter tower on higher ground atop a hill?
This is done in a few places, where it is possible, I have heard of
Los
Angles, New Mexico, Alabama and Tennessee. Then the tower needs only be
tall enough though keep the RF field off of the personnel in the
building
and on the ground.
> have a 300' tower beside me but if it was moved 1/3rd mile east it would
> place the top of the antenna at 1,500' as it's up a hill?
Sounds like some one bought in the wrong place!
> So is it that the antenna needs to be a certain wavelength from g/l ?
No.
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