TopBand: Angle of radiation

[Larry Tyree]

> >still plenty of signal in that lobe at higher angles, down only 3 >dB at 40
> degrees.
> 
> I think that last comment is VERY relevant. I would go out on a limb and say
> that I think that with monopoles the upper part of the lobe does most of the
> work on 160, and that the antennas that John terms 'cloudburners' often have
> the lower part of their lobe in the same useful range.

I also find this comment very interesting.  While the taller towers sound
like a good idea, I have pushed many of them around the band with my
"short", quarter wave effective height tower - from two different locations.

I tried to load my taller tower on 160 with disappointing results compared
to the shorter one.  It is probably close to 3/8 wavelengths in height.

Tree N6TR
tree@contesting.com

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