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Re: [TowerTalk] re Radials

To: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <w4tv@subich.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] re Radials
From: Bill Coleman <aa4lr@arrl.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:02:57 -0400
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On Jun 16, 2006, at 10:54 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:

> Unfortunately, most
> of us do not have the ability to put up 120' towers with yagis for
> 80 ... and 250' towers with yagis for 160 meters.

Those figures seem big, but this is less than 1/2 wavelength high.  
It's like putting a 10m monobander at 15 feet!

I've never heard of anyone with a 160m yagi at 500 feet. There's a  
couple of guys who come close to having an 80m yagi at 240 feet.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901

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