[TowerTalk] Vertical vs Beam

[Richards]

I agree with K4SAV - with only one minor exception... considering
typical urban lot sizes, for many ham I think the cross-over band
is 40 meters.

Getting an 80 meter dipole up high enough, and long enough, is hard
to do on a typical city lot, whereas one can usually fit in a 40 meter
dipole at a reasonable height  on a typical city lot.

I would love to squeeze a half-wave 80 meter dipole on my city lot
and I will buy a big steak dinner for the guy who figures out how I
can!

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K4SAV wrote:

> Considering the trade-offs, the rule for my station is vertical antennas 
> for 160, horizontal antennas for 40 and up.  80 meters is a crossover 
> point where either may be used.

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