> When my antennas blew down in our last storm, I just stuck the
> 10 meter antenna on top of the 20 meter to see what would
> happen. How about that, it worked. No modeling, no guess work,
> no scratching my head. Just stuck the antenna there and it
> worked. If I would have modeled it, probably would have told me
> it won't work. Think I'll just leave it there.
I installed a 318-foot tower because the model told me a simple
dipole up there would blow away my 3/8th wl vertical on 160.
Darn if the vertical doesn't win nearly all the time at any distance!
Am I glad I did it? You bet. Without actually doing it I never would
have known. Would I put the tower back up if it fell over? Not a
chance!
Would I think that dipole really played really really well without
direct A-B comparisons to what a vertical would do here at my
location? Almost certainly I would!
73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com
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