[TowerTalk] 20 meter antenna

[Robert Chudek - KØRC]

>From the hip: You should be able to work anything you can hear. You should also be the first one "in" and the last one "out" on the 20m band in your immediate area. And from a contesters perspective, you're gonna THINK you are loud(er), so you WILL be loud(er). It's an attitude thing.  :-)

A better technical answer: But buy a copy of the ARRL antenna book and load the CD that comes with it. The HFTA (HF Terrain Analyzer) program on the CD which will give you theoretical differences between your two locations. There are 32 pages in Chapter 3 devoted to answering your question.

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN


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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:12:18 -0500
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 I have a 4 element 20 meter beam i used at sea level on a 75ft tower. The tower now sits on a 300ft hill sloping down in all directions. What kind of performance differance should I see if any?
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