re: K4ISV antennas
You neglected to mention that you are also located on a hill.
With rolling ground, it is possible for VERY HIGH antennas
to virtually cover ALL angles that the ionosphere will support.
(This is GOOD.....Lucky You!)
>From my valley, my 40 ft high TH7 often is better than
my 60 to 80 ft high monobanders to Europe and Africa,
especially in the afternoon
de Tom N4KG
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On Thu, 9 Oct 1997 18:00:30 -0500 "Bud" <k4isv@westky.com> writes:
>while much has been said on this subject since rick, nq4i, menitoned
>his
>new 10M
>antenna--- I would lik to place my vote on putting the antenna as high
>as
>possible...
>
>9 towers here with lowest at 140 ft--- basically several antennas on
>each
>tower with
>towers per band ( 3 towers on 20-- 2 on 10). as a general rule the
>highest
>antenna
>or stack of antennas works best-- regardless of band!
>
>the best performing antenna at my qth has always been the 15M 6 ele at
>200
>ft.
>a noted contester questioned this many years ago and when i challenged
>him
>to
>try it he experienced the same results...
>
>my experience may not hold true on the east coast or other locations
>but
>for
>those of us in the "black hole of america" i suggest u try a very high
>antenna
>before u say it will not work... from my qth the two simple proverbs
>ring
>true:
>
>1) if u cant hear them u cant work them
>2) the higher the better
>
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