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Re: [TowerTalk] The Value of HFTA

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] The Value of HFTA
From: Wes <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:12:36 -0700
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Hmm.  I must remember that having my tongue firmly planted in my cheek doesn't come across in text form too often.

That said, I do not work contests unless it's to pick up a band-slot from time-to-time.  I like working DX and have made it a personal challenge to do so with a fairly minimal station. Consequently, I'm relegated to a position of waiting for favor from the propagation gods, and the availability of DX to work.

So, even if I believed in the HFTA program, which I don't, it wouldn't be of much use in my situation.

Wes  N7WS


On 1/21/2019 6:49 AM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
Very few contesters would put a single antenna as high as financially
feasible without modeling. A high antenna can have nulls at desirable
radiation angles.

John KK9A


Wes N7WS wrote:

Isn't that pretty much what I inferred?  You put it up as high as your
location
and checkbook can stand and wait for the propagation gods to smile on you.

Wes  N7WS

On 1/20/2019 11:46 AM, Jim Brown wrote:

My own station has complex topography, and Dean suggested that I take
data out
to 14 miles. I ran a LOT of radials at a lot of heights, and got pretty
consistent results. They showed that the 120 ft tower I could build for my
SteppIR was about as good as I could do to get over ridges to the north and
east unless I wanted to add another 200 ft or so. :)  I consider that very
useful and practical information!

73, Jim K9YC
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