On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 <i4jmy@iol.it> writes:
>
> SNIP
> Very often, the real point behind such kind of questions is
> *where do I place the only antenna I can have, to get
> the best results in this conditions ?*.
>
SNIP
> 73,
> Mauri I4JMY
>
For a tower of 60 ft or more, it is trivial to add
a trap dipole or small (2L) tribander at 30 to 40 ft
to fill in the unavoidable 10 to 50 dB NULLS
in the vertical plane pattern of a higher Yagi.
A pair of low trap dipoles will give 360 degree coverage
at low cost without the need for a rotor. Even wire
inverted vees or Delta Loops could be used. ANYTHING
is better being in the pattern null for a wanted contact.
I remember reading a comment from a California
DXer lamenting how he had done everything right,
installing a BIG antenna on a TALL tower, yet he
had spend 5 or 6 HOURS calling one of the early
ZA operations to no avail while everyone else
(with LOWER antennas?) seemed to be working him.
Tom N4KG
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