[TowerTalk] Re: Can takeoff angle be too low?

[n4kg@juno.com]

Here is more corroborating evidence that a LOW
antenna is sometimes best during daytime operation
on the high bands.  In this case, N2IC/0 found a 6L10
at 45 ft was better than his high KT34XA stacks to Europe 
on 10 Meters during the CQ WW CW DX Contest in November
where he set a new all time W0 record.

Any other similar observations?

de  Tom  N4KG

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

CQ WW SUMMARY SHEET
>
>    Callsign Used : N2IC
>              Mode : CW
>         Category : Single-Op All Band High Power
>     
>     Station Used : N2IC/0
>                 QTH : Colorado
>
>   BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Countries   Zones
> ___________________________________________________________
>
>  160CW       18          18         40        12        10
>   80CW      162         162        451        36        18
>   40CW      520         511       1483        85        31
>   20CW      624         616       1788        96        33
>   15CW      833         826       2380       112        35
>   10CW     1101        1079       3089       115        32
> ___________________________________________________________
>
> Totals     3258        3212       9231       456       159 -->
>
>Total Score : 5,677,065
>
>Equipment and Antennas
>
>Station 1 - Kenwood TS-950SDX + Alpha 76PA
>Station 2 - Kenwood TS-930S/PIEXX + Alpha 76CA
>
>Tower 1 - 120' Rohn 25G
>KT-34XA at 120'/65' in upper/lower/both stack
>
>Tower 2 - 120' Rohn 45G
>KLM 40-3 at 120'
>KT-34A at 115'
>6 el 10 OWA Design at 45' fixed NE
>160 meter half sloper
>
>2 phased 80 meter verticals with 4 elevated radials each
>
>600' Beverages NE, E, SE, SW, NW

	SNIP

> Around 1600Z I noticed that I could run on 10 meters 
> using the KT34XA stack, and listen on the other radio 
> on 10 meters on the 6 element OWA yagi.  So....
> I could do same-band 2nd radio S&P.

	SNIP

> I opened up on 28001 at 1525Z, but was quickly chased away 
> after 11 QSO's in 6 minutes.  I didn't want to waste time finding 
> a run frequency, so I went right to 28158 !  It was a good run, 
> with OZ6PI and ER0ND being new mults.  Today, I found that
>the 6 element OWA at 45' was much better than the stacked 
>KT34XA's - On some stations as much as 2 S-units.  I had never 
> seen this much of an advantage for the low antenna before. 

	SNIP

> Steve N2IC / 0
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