For East Coast contesters HFTA says to get the antenna 70- 80 feet for EU
which
is "where the volume is" but you need to run HFTA for your own individual
QTH. Best height for
mid america and west coast .will be different.
Different strokes for different folks
73
Chet N4FX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Haavisto" <kamham69@gmail.com>
To: <kr2q@optimum.net>
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] shorty 40 vs vertical
> One thing that is interesting is the height of the antenna - moving
> the shorty 40 higher seems to play an important role in how well it
> performs. Will have to see if I can get mine a bit higher this
> summer.
>
> I can certainly understand why a contester would not want to give up
> his shorty 40, even if it was not a great performer. The antenna is
> bought, paid for, and installed - takes more effort to take it down
> and to try and sell it. As well, having several antennas to choose
> from is always a good thing.
>
> Tom - VE3CX
>
>
>> I too have a shorty forty at 80. I'm a contester, so I was also
>> interested in the 4 square,
>> more for "speed of direction change" than anything else. But covering
>> "only" 4 corners of the
>> compass from NJ did not seem appealing, especially since the mandatory
>> directions are
>> (a) Europe - around 50 degrees from here and (b) SA - about due south
>> from here. Not
>> good. I also asked other contesters with shorty 40's and none of them
>> were willing to give up
>> the rotatable yagi on 40 for a 4 square.
>>
>> YMMV
>>
>> de Doug KR2Q
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