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Re: [VHFcontesting] 432 antenna plans

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Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 432 antenna plans
From: Ray J <Ray@w9ray.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:55:49 -0500
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I personally, myself  don't think I would consider spending the time 
putting up omni antenna, for a main antenna on 432...  when a decent 
gain yagi are not very large on 432..  a 8' yagi will have 7+  db of 
gain over the loops...

W9RAY

Ray J
en44gt
www.w9ray.org

David wrote:
> I am getting together some 432 stuff in hope I can get a tower worker in the 
> near future.  I have decided to put SQ-432 stack on the side of my tower. I 
> plan to use LMR-400 type coax.  My tower is 70 ft. and I plan to put the 
> antennas at about 50 ft as the guy that will be doing the job will use a 
> bucket that only has about a 50 ft reach.  I will not use a tower preamp as 
> they don't have longevity here due to lightning.  I am thinking that going 
> higher would not be any better anyway as the coax loss would be greater than 
> gain from height. At 50 ft, the antennas will be above the tree line.  I 
> would like some comments and suggestions about my thoughts.
>
> David
> KE4YYD 
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