[TowerTalk] Tower Height Question

[Pete Smith]

But unless that someone in in your geographic area, why should the results mean anything at all for your situation?

FWIW, some very smart and well-heeled multi-ops in this area have opted to go with 4-square, 9-circle, or other non-yagi designs, rather than take on the maintenance headaches of an 80m yagi.

73, Pete N4ZR


At 03:07 PM 9/13/2005, Keith Dutson wrote:
>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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