On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 10:30:30AM -0500, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
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> You might want to check out SPLAT! (Surface Path Length And Terrain analysis
> application.) Plug in your latitude and longitude and run some analyses at
> different heights above ground to see if your line-of-sight coverage changes
> radically at different heights. If you're over all the terrain obstacles out
> to several miles at 80', maybe going up to 100' isn't worth it.
>
> http://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/splat.html
Another thing to consider when it comes to tower height is feedline loss,
especially on UHF and up. On top of a really good hill, it might make more
sense to have a 35' tower with good feedline than a 100' tower where you
feel compelled to add preamps, mount the transverters in a box on the tower,
etc.
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University of Texas at Austin Amateur Radio Callsign: WM5R
Department of the Computer Sciences Central Texas DX & Contest Club
Taylor Hall TAY 2.124 Maintainer of Linux on Laptops
Austin, TX 78712-1188 USA http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/
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