The usual solution is to do your best. I am fortunate that I can erect the FCP
at 3m away from bushes and trees, but I doubt if I would notice a drop of a few
feet other than tuning.
David G3UNA-G6CP
> On 09 June 2019 at 19:04 Richard McLachlan <richard@rodsley.net> wrote:
>
>
> Can anybody who has put one of these up advise me?
>
> The original article specifies a counterpoise height above ground of 8 feet.
> I am going to try one but it would be much better in the intended location if
> the lowest wire was at 6 feet rather than 8. Has anybody experimented with a
> lower height and if so was the performance much degraded? Other than that I
> am following the build instructions to the letter.
>
> Richard G3OQT
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