[TowerTalk] Take off angle of yagi vs a wire antenna at about 30'

David Gallatin via TowerTalk towertalk at contesting.com
Thu Nov 6 08:26:31 EST 2014


Hello group and once again I thank everyone who helped with my previous post about the concrete.




My set up: Mosley TA 33 JR tri-bander that will be at about 31 feet. The question:  I've been debating ways to get at 40-80 meters. I have a very small lot so cant run the usual wire suspects and was thinking about making a mag loop. 

But I've also thought about an end fed Chameleon or 33' Ultimax at about 28 feet as I do have room to run one of those horizontal to a tree. These are multi-banded antennas but I've never given considered using them on 20,15,10 of course.

 But then a thought occurred to me. Might the take off angles of the wire antenna be different enough as to be beneficial for transmitting on those bands and hitting different spots of the globe that the Mosley is skipping over?
 73,
David, AA9G

ex W5DCG and KC9EEV



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