[TowerTalk] Are_higher_HF_antenna's_really_better?

[Michael Watts]

Tom, you have not answered the question.  You changed the question.  The question was NOT what a
one tower guy should do.  It was "what should a one antenna guy do".  I don't know all the reasons
why a guy might be limited to one antenna.  Could be money, could be windage, could be a crankup
tower (which is more difficult to mount a second lower antenna on).

So:  If you only have one ANTENNA and you can put it at 60' or 100', which would you do and what
would the choice be based on?

I submit that the right choice is the one that yields the best results the greatest percentage of
time for the operator's chosen mission.  I can't say whether any certain number of hours to Europe
is enough. It depends on what he is trying to work.

Michael

PS. Your opinion is interesting anyway, even if it wasn't directly responsive to the one antenna
question.

--- n4kg@juno.com wrote:
> 	HELLO !  I'm not advising to put ONE antenna low,
> 	I'm advising the ONE TOWER guy to put a second
> 	antenna at 35 to 40 ft to fill in the NULLS from his
> 	higher (60 to 80 ft) high antenna.  Even a low DIPOLE
> 	will be stronger than the biggest Yagi in it's NULL.
> 	OK?   Why so much resistance to a second small
> 	antenna on the same tower that can do nothing but 
> 	improve your performance?   N4KG
> 
> 
> >If you had only one antenna, would you put it lower or higher?
> 	If I had a 40 or 50 ft tower I would have only ONE
> 	high band antenna.  If I had a 60 to 100 ft tower, 
> 	I would have at least TWO high band antennas. 
> 
> 	I don't know how well low antennas play in California,
> 	but everywhere East of the Rockies and in Alaska,
> 	I have reports of low antennas being better than high 
> 	antennas for significant periods of time.



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