[TowerTalk] How high is enough

[Mike Ryan]

I agree with Steve...most contesters would too.  My moto is to get as many 
elements as you can as high as you can.  And as the 'Grid Pirates' used to 
say, "...if it stays up through more than one winter storm, it wasn't BIG 
ENOUGH."   - Mike

-----Original Message----- 
From: K7LXC at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 3:16 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com ; ChetMoore at cox.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How high is enough

>  I seem to remember somewhere, possibly in the early pvrc  contest college
video  tape series) where W3LPL said  for  contesting, if you can only have
ONE tower, make it a 100 footer. Your beam  or beams will work well and the
low band wire antennas you hang below it at  90 feet will be high enough
To work well also.   Works for me  !!!

    And me too. 100' is a sweet spot for 20M and you  can populate the
tower all you want - you've even got enough room for a 20M  stack. A small
tribander at 40 feet can sometimes be a real eye opener (and band  opener).

    The key to success in my experience is to have more  than one antenna
per band. At any time, one antenna will out-perform the  other.

Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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