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Re: [TowerTalk] 80 mts four square or yagi?

To: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com, towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 80 mts four square or yagi?
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2015 15:52:19 -0700
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On 3/9/2015 1:53 PM, Jim Brown wrote:

My QTH has lousy ground, so the only band where verticals are better is
160M, and that's because the highest I could put the dipole is 135 ft (a
quarter wave, which is LOW for a dipole).

73, Jim K9YC


My ground is high conductivity (Sacramento River Delta).  On 80
meters, a ground mounted vertical works as well as a dipole at 130 feet high based on actual measurement on the air. Your QTH may vary.

Rick N6RK
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