Hi All, Having been bitten by the DX and Contest bug, I was having a chat with a friend Larry, K7MI, and he really has my mind moving (spinning more like) about antenna / tower configurations which h
FWIW, when I was building my first tower, 14 years ago, I was planning to go with 70 feet. W3LPL, who is (and has been) at the top of the class for antenna and propagation expertise, strongly urged m
Greg, excellent that you're getting interested in contesting. Fun and challenges since the 70s here! Pete says pretty much exactly what I was going to say, with one exception: I like 80 feet for my 4
planning to go with 70 feet. W3LPL, who is (and has been) at the top of the class for antenna and propagation expertise, strongly urged me to go to ~100 feet for a single-tower station, and to put th
I'd do a little bit more homework and run the HFTA to I would agree with Steve and take the time to use HFTA, a real asset in answering questions about take off angles. My $.02 NĜOY _______________