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[Jim Brown]

On 6/6/2014 8:26 AM, Steve Jones wrote:
> When you say whatever your little heart desires, what would that be?
> Antennas for an SO2R contest station?  DX pileup chasing only?  Ragchewing
> with old friends?  And what are your budget constraints?  Once you decide
> those things you can narrow your choices of tower and antenna.

These are important questions to answer.  Another is, what is terrain 
like within 10-15 miles of your new QTH? That can have a profound effect 
on the vertical patterns of your antennas. If you have not already done 
so, buy and study the ARRL Antenna Book, especially the section that 
talks about antenna mounting height and the software program HFTA that 
comes on the CDROM.

There's also good information in this link.

http://k9yc.com/VertOrHorizontal-Slides.pdf

73, Jim K9YC


>
> I spent close to $30K over the past few years putting in a US Tower HDX-589
> with a SteppIR DB42 on top.