I would love to have a good yagi at 40-50 feet or so. However, I am like Joe
and mostly use a dipole @ 30 ft and sometimes a 3 el yagi at the same height
and my results are similar to Joe's. Yesterday, KL7 was being worked from EL29
(my grid) by locals with high antennas (K5RK specifically). I could not copy
the KL7. I feel that I could have worked him with a higher antenna!
Perhaps I will be more successful today.
Robie - AJ4F
> On Jul 31, 2016, at 09:16, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists@subich.com> wrote:
>
>
>> On 7/31/2016 4:44 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
>>
>> My QTH is looking into a ridge to the N, E, and SE that rises 200 - 600
>> ft from my ground level, so higher is better. That SteppIR at 120 ft
>> gives me a horizon between about 12 and 15 degrees to all of NA. And
>> it's looking into a dense stand of redwoods in all directions. But I've
>> still managed to work 352 grids and confirm 342 in ten seasons. This was
>> a bad season, and it still yielded 11 new grids.
>
> I'm not convinced that says much about antenna height on six meters ...
> I've managed to work 413 and confirm 388 grids (49 states - need AK)
> in five seasons with nothing more than essentially a double zepp at
> about 25 feet.
>
> 73,
>
> ... Joe, W4TV
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