[TowerTalk] Is it worth it to move 2El Quad from 50ft to 100ft?????

[Joe Subich, K4IK]

> From: Mel Martin
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:16 AM
> 
> >Higher is NOT always better....N4KG
> 
> If you only have one antenna at a fixed height it is!
> 
> Sure, there are circumstances where a lower antenna will outperform a
> higher antenna, but a higher antenna gives better access to the longer
> paths, where signals tend to be weaker. For DXing, higher is always
> better (within reasonable antenna heights) for one antenna installations
> (the vast majority).

Since the original question concerned a move from 50 to 100 feet, in my 
experience a single 10 Meter antenna at 100 feet is almost always too 
high to do much good.  

With a single (multi-band) antenna, I prefer the 60 to 70 foot height for 
general operation.  It is still "too high" many times on 10 Meters (ca. 
2 wavelengths) but it "about right" (1.25 to 1.5 wavelength) on 15 Meters 
and a bit "low" (.8 to 1 wavelength) on 20.  Only if one were to have a 
stack of antennas (ca. 30/60/90 feet) would 100 feet be an appropriate 
"top height" for 10 meters.  

73, 

   ... Joe, K4IK 


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