Topband: [Bulk] Best wire antenna for roof top location

[K1FZ-Bruce]

Some years ago, on 80 meters, an LZ station had a horizontal between 
two tall buildings and had a very strong signal. 
 
73
Bruce-k1fz
www.qsl.net/k1fz/beverage_antenna.html
 
 

On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 10:58:22 -0400, Tom W8JI  wrote:

       > And remember -- the roof of this building is 110m, so a 
horizontal antenna
> is high enough to have pretty good low angle radiation! See
>

Large buildings are not towers or poles. Buildings have a significant amount
of large conductive metallic things and noise generating junk inside. 

A vertical also will have a null below the antenna, nulling building
coupling for RF. A horizontal has maximum possible signal into and out of
the building. Even with a 400 ft high building, a horizontal antenna a
fraction of wave over the roof can be very disappointing. 

73 Tom

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