[TowerTalk] 43 foot Vertical claim

[Jim Chaggaris]

Frank,

It is not an optimized height for 160M regardless of what they say.  The
marketing departments at DXE, MFJ, Zero Five etc. want you to think so so
you'll plop down $300+.  This vertical is only a decent performer on
40/30/20M (with a decent radial system).  It's a fair performer on 80M and
way too short on 160M.  On 17M, 15M, 12M and 10M it's a cloud warmer (too
tall). 

73,
 
Jim N9WW
 
James Chaggaris
President
PowerOne Corp./PowerOne Environmental Corp.
1020 Cedar Avenue
Suite 203
St. Charles, IL 60174
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of VO1HP
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:46 AM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] 43 foot Vertical claim

"The DX Engineering THUNDERBOLTT MBVA-1UP is a rugged 43 foot, high
performance 160-10 meter vertical multi-band ..............this antenna is
very durable, attractive, and is an optimized height of only 43 feet!"

This above line appears on a page of the DX Eng. web site for a multiband
160-10 vertical

http://www.dxengineering.com/Parts.asp?ID=3210&PLID=275&SecID=113&DeptID=22&
PartNo=DXE%2DMBVA%2D1UP

Can someone tell how 43ft can be claimed as an  optimized height on 160M?

I see ads from MFJ as well for 43 ft vertical.

73 Frank VO1HP


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