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Re: [TowerTalk] vhf/uhf antenna mounting help please

To: "jim.thom jim.thom@telus.net" <jim.thom@telus.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] vhf/uhf antenna mounting help please
From: wa9wsj via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Reply-to: wa9wsj <wa9wsj@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:33:38 +0000
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That is correct, not a repeater set up, but, I like the idea of vertical 
mounting. This makes things easier. But I still ask, how far from the mast, off 
to the side, should the lower antenna be? I'm thinking some distance not being 
an equal fraction or a multiple of the bands involved, that being the ham 2 
meter and 70 cm bands.

Thanks again!
Tom wa9wsj




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On Monday, January 26th, 2026 at 6:23 AM, jim.thom jim.thom@telus.net 
<jim.thom@telus.net> wrote:

> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 02:43:24 -0800
> From: Jim Brown jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
> 
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] vhf/uhf antenna mounting help please
> 
> > In general, where one is a receiving antenna for a repeater, it is
> > usually given the advantage of height, over the transmitting antenna,
> > which can compensate with greater output power.
> 
> > 73, Jim K9YC
> 
> > We need to mount a vhf/uhf aluminum HAM band j-pole and a COMMERCIAL
> 
> vhf/uhf, (Comet GP->6NC), 153-157MHz, 460-470MHz, fiberglass vertical
> 
> antenna, (10ft tall, 3.5 lb weight), on a cross >boom.
> 
> 
> He's not running a repeater setup. 2 x ants, one is a J pole and the
> other is for commercial freqs.
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