Georgek5kg@aol.com wrote:
> Marginal performance. If you do this antenna, it should be >oriented N to S
> to give you best results for west coast contacts.
I may be wrong, but I don't think it makes any difference which
way the antenna is oriented if it's only 70 feet off the ground.
Most of the RF is shooting straight up in the air anyway. That
height would be the equivalent of having a 10 meter antenna about
5 feet off the ground. 73 and HNY
Tom W7WHY
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