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

[n4kg@juno.com]

If / when the SSN stays above 150 you may find the
low antenna coming out ahead.  This cycle has not
been as good as 1980 when many of my observations
were made in favor of the low antenna to Europe.

What do you see when comparing the stack to the
low antenna when beaming Africa?

Tom  N4KG


On Mon, 18 Dec 2000  Logan Dietz <cdietz@swbell.net> writes:
> 
> 
> alsopb wrote:
> 
> > I think Dick has put his finger on one reason there seems to be
> > discrepancies between reporters.
> >
> > That is the local terrain.
> >
> 
> The lower antenna should be louder than the stack only when the 
> angle of
> arrival is higher than the optimum angle for the low antenna alone.  
> This
> usually only happens when the ground is not level.  At my QTH where 
> the ground
> is level within 5 feet for over 10 miles out (TA was a waste of 
> money!) the
> stack is always best.
> 
> Chuck, W5PR
> 
> 
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