Towertalk
[Top] [All Lists]

[TowerTalk] Are higher HF antenna's really better?

To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Are higher HF antenna's really better?
From: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:11:38 -0500
At 09:25 AM 1/10/02 -0800, Dave wrote:
>
>My understanding is a yagi performs as good as it possibly can when it is 1 
>electrical wavelength above the ground. Any additional height is redundant.

Dave, look at W3LPL, KC1XX et al, with 200-foot-high yagis on 20 and 15,
and ask yourself whether people who build stations like that would waste
their money if one wavelength high was enough.



73, Pete N4ZR

The revised World Contest 
Station Database
is online at www.pvrc.org





________________________________________________________________________
This list is sponsored by the new eHam.net Store.  When you buy products
like ICE filters, Array Solutions StackMatch, or M-Squared Antennas from
the eHam Store for the same price you pay direct, a portion of the sale
price goes to support this list.  Check it out at http://www.eham.net.

-----
FAQ on WWW:               http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/towertalk
Submissions:              towertalk@contesting.com
Administrative requests:  towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems:                 owner-towertalk@contesting.com


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>