[TowerTalk] Tower Height Question

[Keith Dutson]

Actually, I have the latest Antenna Book with HFTA.  I am looking for
someone to relate actual experience using a 2el 80 at or near this height.

73, Keith NM5G

-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Smith [mailto:n4zr at contesting.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:40 PM
To: paul at w8aef.com; Keith Dutson; TowerTalk
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Height Question

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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