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Subject: [Towertalk] NY State antenna legislation
From: k2qmf@juno.com (k2qmf@juno.com)
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 16:04:58 -0400
I agree,

95 feet on the east coast (NY) would be a great height.
We do very well in DX contests with a 2 element 40 at 70 feet.
95 would be even better!!

73,  Ted  K2QMF


On Sun, 30 Jun 2002 14:55:20 EDT SavageBR@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 6/30/2002 1:49:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> jljarvis@adelphia.net writes:
> 
> 
> > It would be inappropriate--and probably negative in impact, 
> > for out of state hams to comment on a NY legislative matter.
> > 
> > However, if this law does, indeed, specify a 95 foot limit, it's a 
> 
> > gross mistake.  Right now, PRB-1 allows an application for "the 
> > intended purpose."   95 feet is barely adequate for stacked 
> antennas
> > on 10 and 15.  It is sub-optimal on 20. It is inadequate for a 40m 
> yagi
> > unless your intended purpose is domestic communications.  It is 
> inadequate 
> > for an 80 meter dipole, for international work, and it is 
> inadequate for a 
> > 160 meter vertical, for pete's sake.
> > 
> You must live in a different world. Most of the Ham community would 
> be quite 
> pleased with HF antennas allowed up to 95 ft.
> 
> Bruce
> 
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