In a message dated 2/11/01 18:32:48 PM GMT Standard Time, K7LXC@aol.com
writes:
> In a message dated 2/10/01 9:03:56 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> k1dg@ix.netcom.com writes:
>
> > > 2. Highest Antenna AGL
> >
> > My data is a bit out of date, but I think the KC1XX 80M stacked delta =
> > loops at 300 and 150 feet (100 and 50 Meters) are at the top (so to =
> > speak). There also used to be an 80 M inverted Vee at W1MX (MIT club =
> > station) at the top of a 300-foot building (the Green Bulding, for =
> > alums) back in the 70s, but I'm not sure if it is still there.
>
> What about ham repeater antennas in the Midwest on some of those
> monster
> towers? I'm sure there are some in the 800-900 foot range (or more -
yikes!)
> somewhere.
>
> W2JGQ lives in NYC and has a tower and antenna on top of his apartment
> building. The antenna (a Force 12) is about 100 meters above the street. I
> published a picture of it in my "Up The Tower" column in CQ Contest
magazine
> a couple of months ago.
>
> Cheers, Steve K7LXC
> Tower Tech
>
>
If you count 2m repeater antennas, there are several in North Carolina above
the 1,000 foot level. There is one here in Raleigh at 1,850 feet AGL on a TV
tower.
Will
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