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Re: [TowerTalk] What to do when you have no height

To: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] What to do when you have no height
From: Andre VanWyk via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Andre VanWyk <kr5dx@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 17:18:53 -0600
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He did say he has NO height. So, a loop will be better than nothing if he 
cannot put up anything tall. 

NJ0F  

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> On Feb 5, 2016, at 5:05 PM, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> 
> A low horizontal antenna is both inefficient (because it is low) and a poor 
> DX antenna (because what little radiation it produces is at high angles.  
> John says he has no height.  To make that a good DX antenna it would need to 
> be up at least a quarter wavelength, and twice that is better.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
> 
>> On Fri,2/5/2016 2:21 PM, Spencer wrote:
>> 
>>     Horizontal Loop for 80-Meter DX, aug 2002 QST
>> 
>> I used a relay to switch phasing on the feed line.
>> Spencer W1GAK
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