[TowerTalk] Tower and antenna decisions

[Cqtestk4xs at aol.com]

During the WPX SSB in the early 2000s....
 
5/5/5/5 at 200 ft out of phase
KT34XA at 65 ft
A-3 at 40 ft
 
Around 2000Z on 20 meters....the A-3 kicked the crap out of the  other two 
to the NE.  Higher is usually better, but not always, especially  in 
domestic contacts.  Conventional wisdom says a tribander at 70 is the  best bang 
for the buck...I agree.
 
K4XS
 
 
In a message dated 10/29/2013 1:38:38 P.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,  
ve5ra at sasktel.net writes:

Yes I  have seem frequent times when my 50 ft high 10m yagi  outperforms  my
110 ft yagi.  Usually the higher yagi is the best, but there are  times when
the signal is barley audible on the higher yagi, the signal is  booming on
the lower antenna.  Not always but there are  times.
Doug
"Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself  laughing."

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk  [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Richard (Rick)  Karlquist

I haven't observed any cases where the 40 ft high Yagi was  better, but I
could believe that could happen occasionally.  These  tests were done on 20
through 10
meters.

Rick  N6RK

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