I agree with Steve...most contesters would too. My moto is to get as many
elements as you can as high as you can. And as the 'Grid Pirates' used to
say, "...if it stays up through more than one winter storm, it wasn't BIG
ENOUGH." - Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: K7LXC@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 3:16 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com ; ChetMoore@cox.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How high is enough
I seem to remember somewhere, possibly in the early pvrc contest college
video tape series) where W3LPL said for contesting, if you can only have
ONE tower, make it a 100 footer. Your beam or beams will work well and the
low band wire antennas you hang below it at 90 feet will be high enough
To work well also. Works for me !!!
And me too. 100' is a sweet spot for 20M and you can populate the
tower all you want - you've even got enough room for a 20M stack. A small
tribander at 40 feet can sometimes be a real eye opener (and band opener).
The key to success in my experience is to have more than one antenna
per band. At any time, one antenna will out-perform the other.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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