Funny you should mention that...building a tower another 200 ft with no better
results. My tower in KH6 is limited to only 90 ft by the county. Looking up
14000 ft Mauna Kea I decided to see what would happen if I magically had a 1000
ft tower for 40 and 80. Result: still a very attenuated signal below 5 or 6
degrees. Sometimes you can't defeat mama nature.
KH7XS
My own station has complex topography, and Dean suggested that I take
data out to 14 miles. I ran a LOT of radials at a lot of heights, and
got pretty consistent results. They showed that the 120 ft tower I could
build for my SteppIR was about as good as I could do to get over ridges
to the north and east unless I wanted to add another 200 ft or so. :)? I
consider that very useful and practical information!
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