What if there's no hill nearby, or the hill has no electricity, etc.?
What's on the 300-ft tower you mention?
73 Mike N2MG
On Mon, 10 December 2001, "George Shaw" wrote:
> Ok this may seems a silly question but with all this talk of 2000' + towers
> it got me thinking. WHY does the height of the tower matter so much? Is it
> to elevate the antenna above the surrounding ground level due to some sort
> of RF coupling or is it to gain max distance?
>
> Is it not easier to mount a shorter tower on higher ground atop a hill? I
> have a 300' tower beside me but if it was moved 1/3rd mile east it would
> place the top of the antenna at 1500 ' as it's up a hill? So is it that the
> antenna needs to be a certain wavelength from g/l ?
>
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