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[TowerTalk] Are higher HF antenna's really better?

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Are higher HF antenna's really better?
From: k6ll@juno.com (David O Hachadorian)
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:13:24 +0000


On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:21:57 -0500 Bill Coleman <aa4lr@arrl.net> writes:
> I'm sure these guys rarely find conditions where a SINGLE yagi above 
> 1.5 
> wavelengths is outmatched by a SINGLE yagi higher in the stack.

LPL told me one time that his best antenna is a large 10 M Yagi
at 200'. He theorizes that when you get an antenna that high, in
terms of wavelength, the nulls fill in and become almost
non-existent.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ
K6LL@juno.com

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