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

[Pete Smith]

At 11:41 PM 12/18/00 -0600, n4kg@juno.com wrote:
...
>	As has been said MANY times by MANY reporters
>	(with MANY antennas) :
>	
>	You can NEVER have TOO  MANY antennas !
...

I don't think anyone seriously disagrees with this statement.  However,
virtually all of us have fairly serious constraints on the number of
antennas and/or towers we can have.  It is perfectly reasonable to try to
optimize within whatever constraints are present.  

As for comparisons of higher-angle propagation between the East Coast and
Europe with that seen further inland, I stated my point badly.  What I
wanted to suggest is that this phenomenon is significantly less common as
you move further west.  For that reason, an antenna optimized for that
propagation mode might be a much better investment in the East than the
Midwest.



73, Pete N4ZR

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