ANY antenna is better than NO antenna :-)
My 130 ft high 80M dipoles are better than my old 100 ft inverted vee
which was better than my 70 ft high dipole which was better than
my previous 70 ft high inverted vee.....
and *sometimes* my elevated GP is better than my high dipoles,
but not usually, except to Scandanavia and perhaps Japan / UA0.
You may keep your plaques :-)
Tom N4KG (80M DXCC = 322)
On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 "Bob Farkaly" <bob@farkaly.com> writes:
> dang! my 5B-WAZ and 5B-DXCC placques shouldn't be on the wall because
> I got them both using a 40/80 sloping dipole with the apex at 70 feet.
>
> Bob, K9RHY
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> To: Towertalk@contesting.com
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>
> N4KG writes:
>
> <<40M dipoles work well for DX at 60 ft and above.
> 50 ft is 'OK' but not great.
>
> 80M dipoles *begin* to 'play' around 90 ft or so.
> I'm pretty happy with my 130 ft high dipoles.
>
> Anything less is a cloud warmer, which may work
> some DX, but is much better for local contacts.
>
> You would be MUCH better off with a GOOD vertical
> (and radial field) for Low Band DX given your height restrictions.>>
> I
> don't think that this is necessarily the case. My rotary dipole at a
> measly 40' is ALWAYS 3+ S units better than my vertical for DX RX.
> Not
> the same as a wire, I'm aware, however it's still one element... The
> vertical has plenty of resonant radials. 73, Blake N4GI
>
>
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