[TowerTalk] 40 meter beam height

Bill Fisher, W4AN w4an@contesting.com
Sun, 13 Sep 1998 12:33:14 -0400


>The 40 M beam just begins to "work" at 100 feet and will work better at 125
>ft.

Disagree.  I had a 402CD at 85' that worked GREAT.  N4RJ's 40 meter yagis
were 90' and I would stack his 40m signal against anyone's.  

I would say 75' is where the 40 meter beam starts to "work".  But if you
can get it higher... do it.

73



Bill Fisher, W4AN (EX KM9P)
http://www.contesting.com 






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