[TowerTalk] Takeoff angle

[David O. Hachadorian]

On Sat, 9 Aug 1997 15:17:26 -0500 w5ec@digitalexp.com (Hawkins, Bill)
writes:
>Hi all
>What happens to the takeoff angle of a vee beam or rhombic
>when it is constructed on the side of a hill. If it is pointed 
>downhill,
>is the angle smaller (to horizontal) thereby making it a better dx 
>antenna
>than if it was over flat ground?
>Bill W5EC

The answer requires a computer program, because no hill
is at a constant slope forever. At some point, the hill
ends, and flat ground, or some other type of terrain
feature begins. Two programs that solve this problem are:

N6BV's YTAD, available from the ARRL web page or fileserver.

K6STI's TA, available from K6STI.


Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
k6ll@juno.com	

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