[TowerTalk] Tower Height Question

[Pete Smith]

Or buy a current Antenna Book and use HFTA, which comes bundled with it for free.  The advantage of HFTA is that it gives you a statistical distribution of arrival angles at your QTH from various locations around the world, so you can assess the performance against what you want to use it for.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 12:28 PM 9/13/2005, paul at w8aef.com wrote:
>You may want to invest in an antenna modeling program and observe the effect 
>of different heights on your yagi.
>
>I did this last year and for a 2el 80m yagi I found that .6 wavelength 
>yielded the pattern that I wanted for working DX, which puts the yagi at 160 
>feet.
>
>So I decided to stick with my 4 square phased array.
>
>de Paul, W8AEF
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Keith Dutson" <kdutson at sbcglobal.net>
>To: "TowerTalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:06 PM
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower Height Question
>
>
>>I am planning to put up a 2el 80 meter Yagi.  The maximum tower height at 
>>my
>> QTH is 190 feet due to location near an airport and other restrictions.
>> However, I would rather use a 120 footer for this antenna.  The terrain is
>> typical Texas Gulf Coast (flat) and about 50 miles inland.  In your 
>> opinion,
>> will this lower installation still be good for DX contacts?
>>
>> 73, Keith NM5G
>
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