[TowerTalk] Fw: Cost effectivel Tower height

[Gene Fuller]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Fuller" <w2lu at rochester.rr.com>
To: "Michael Goins" <wmgoins at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cost effectivel Tower height


> The question that started this thread has as many answers as there are 
> hams who put up antennas. My answer is an LP for 40-6 at 100 feet and a 
> tribander at 47 feet on a gate, bent dipole array for 80 and quarter wave 
> slopers for 160 from the top, Using the LP for the high bands and using 
> the 160 quarterwave slopers as 80 meter reflectors keeps undesired 
> interband interaction to a minimum. The tribander does very well as fillin 
> and is great in contests. I sometimes use the LP and tribander as a 
> "stack" with a variable phase box.
> Gene / W2LU
>