[TowerTalk] 43' verticals

[jimlux]

W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> Funny we just had this same hot topic on our local contesting club
> reflector.
> 
> They might be better than what you had but IMHO they can't be very good for
> 80/160.
> 
> I wish there were some short miracle antennas for 80 and 160 so I could put
> up some 4 squares easily.
> 
>  

For receiving or transmitting?

For Rx, height's not all that important (well.. clearly there's a 
difference between a 120foot stick and a 8 foot whip, but between a 8 
foot whip and a 43 foot mast, I'll bet there isn't a huge difference).

For Tx, I don't know that the radiation pattern is much different 
between a 43 foot and a 8 foot radiator: they're both "short".  Losses 
in the matching network for the 8 footer would probably (almost 
certianly) be higher.