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[TowerTalk] 40 meter beam height

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Subject: [TowerTalk] 40 meter beam height
From: w8ji.tom@MCIONE.com (w8ji.tom)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 10:36:57 -0400
> With respect, this is rubbish:   Every antenna  " works". The question is
> how effectiv it is.

I was quite happy using a full size forty at  140 feet, and a 5 ele 20 at
160 feet from Cleveland Ohio. 

I never had to call more than once into Asia or Europe, and even into close
DX like SA or the Islands just below Florida. I'm sure glad I never knew
they wouldn't work!

73 Tom

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