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[TowerTalk] 10m-20m Antennas Above 150ft

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Subject: [TowerTalk] 10m-20m Antennas Above 150ft
From: jreisert@jlc.net (Joe Reisert)
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:44:28 -0500
Nat,

A few years ago I designed a 7 element 10-meter Yagi for KC1XX which they 
have up at 35 feet (I believe) and it is often their 10 meter antenna of 
choice to Europe in the contests.

73,

Joe, W1JR

At 09:11 PM 1/31/2002 -0500, Nat Heatwole wrote:

>I've noticed that both KC1XX and W3LPL have yagis for 10m-20m going all
>the way to 200ft high. Are yagis in the 150-200ft range for those bands
>really all that useful, or are they more of a "few QSOs per contest"
>level of usage? I would assume that once you get above say 150ft there
>wouldn't be a whole lot of cause to put yagis even higher, correct? Is
>there really enough long haul DX at those heights or is it really just
>for a handful of QSOs?
>
>73, Nat, WZ3AR
><nat@ajheatwole.com>
>
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