my biggest ten meter antenna is my lowest...
have 4L @ 140 ft
4L @ 50 ft
Tribander at 45 ft
and
6L on 42 foot boom at 35 ft...
The 6L consistently has been kicking buttock...am anxious to try a two yagi
stack 4 elementers at mebbe 22 and 44 ft...still think this would be good
for another year or two....then...suddenly one day the 4L @ 140 ft will be
the only that works what there is to be worked on 10....
The high antenna will cover SO many takeoff angles you are "covered" no
matter what the freak propagation that is present that minute....
With the "steady" prop at the top of the cycle the low antennas are kicking
it.
K4OJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 2:21 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Super high antennas on 10 to 20
>
> N4KG and W4ZV are right. The real high antennas can be at a disadvantage
> after the bands open. I had a 7 el 10 meter beam at 70 feet in 1970 for
the
> CQ WPX SSB and I had a great signal into Northern and Eastern Europe and
the
> Far East but needed to lower the antenna
> to 40 to 50 feet when I got stepped on by a local with a 3el tri-bander at
> 50 feet in G or HP (then KZ5 Canal Zone).
>
> N4RJ tried all sorts of combinations and his final 10 meter set up was
> 35/65/90 and about the same proportion on 15 and 20. The 35 foot antenna
> was often left on South America.
>
> Spend time on the lower antennas and only add antennas at 180 to 200 feet
> when its the last option.
>
> 73 Dave K4JRB
>
>
>
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