Bob, I request you remove the plaques, please.
"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." -
Mario Andretti
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Farkaly [SMTP:bob@farkaly.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 10:21 AM
> To: 'n4gi'; Towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [Towertalk] Choices
>
> dang! my 5B-WAZ and 5B-DXCC placques shouldn't be on the wall because I
> got them both using a 40/80 sloping dipole with the apex at 70 feet.
>
> Bob, K9RHY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-admin@contesting.com] On Behalf Of n4gi
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 5:16 AM
> To: Towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [Towertalk] Choices
>
>
> N4KG writes:
>
> <<40M dipoles work well for DX at 60 ft and above.
> 50 ft is 'OK' but not great.
>
> 80M dipoles *begin* to 'play' around 90 ft or so.
> I'm pretty happy with my 130 ft high dipoles.
>
> Anything less is a cloud warmer, which may work
> some DX, but is much better for local contacts.
>
> You would be MUCH better off with a GOOD vertical
> (and radial field) for Low Band DX given your height restrictions.>> I
> don't think that this is necessarily the case. My rotary dipole at a
> measly 40' is ALWAYS 3+ S units better than my vertical for DX RX. Not
> the same as a wire, I'm aware, however it's still one element... The
> vertical has plenty of resonant radials. 73, Blake N4GI
>
>
>
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