I'd go with the higher antenna for long haul tropo and a lower antenna for
sporadic E and meteor scatter. I am assuming you don't live on a hill or
mountain...hi hi. What ever you decide will work and you WILL have fun. 73, Don
K1DH
>From: "Tom Branch"
>To:
>Subject: [VHFcontesting] 6 Meter Antenna
To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
>Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:29:27 -0600
>
>Greetings,
>
>I'm adding a 6 meter antenna to my farm to play around on 6. I have two
>options: 60 feet in the air on my tower with 200 feet of coax, or at 25
feet
>with 40 feet of coax. The tower mount is clear in all directions--the lower
>height is not. I'm guessing the loss on the coax far outweighs the height
>advantage.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>73 de Tom
>
>tom@k4nr.org
>http://www.k4nr.org
>
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