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

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > 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?

Not likely.  The primary determinant in take-off angle for any
horizontal antenna is height.  While a well designed yagi will have
a slightly lower take off angle than a dipole due to the reduced
radiation from the top/bottom the effect is modest.

73,

   ... Joe, W4TV


On 2014-11-06 8:26 AM, David Gallatin via TowerTalk wrote:
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> Hello group and once again I thank everyone who helped with my
> previous post about the concrete.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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
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> ex W5DCG and KC9EEV
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