> Anecdotal results from anywhere are irrelevant ... that was my point. I
> don't trust software analyses implicitly, but I trust them more than
> opinions that aren't backed by direct comparison of some sort (like an A
> vs B test of two antennas at the same height at the same time).
>
> Yup ... well, close anyway. I used a fixed 2 element 40m wire yagi at
> 70 feet for a while. It worked great and I had a lot of fun with it.
> It would have worked even better at 90 feet, and it would have worked a
> whole lot worse at 45 feet like the original message from NY6DX discussed.
>
> Dave AB7E
Interesting that you should mention A/B'ing. I did a lot of A/B'ing of 40
meter
inverted vee's at 30, 60, and 90 ft. I thought the 90 ft one would have a
substantial
advantage over the lower ones, but in actual operation they were very hard
to tell apart. I listened to foreign broadcast stations and ham DX stations
as
much as I could and looked for S-meter changes. On local stations (<100
miles),
there was a substantial difference which agreed with conventional wisdom of
the lower the better for locals. YMMV.
Rick N6RK
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