[TowerTalk] 6 meter angle arrival for DX

[john at kk9a.com]

I have never been on 6m, however as I understand it there are different
types of propagation and the angle is different for each type. If it were
me I would place antennas at various heights from 30' up with switching
and phasing and see what works best for you.

John KK9A


To:	TOWERTALK at contesting.com
Subject:	[TowerTalk] 6 meter angle arrival for DX
From:	Bill via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Reply-to:	Cqtestk4xs at aol.com
Date:	Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:34:17 -0500


I'm currently doing the ground work for getting a decent sized 6  meter
setup for my new QTH in KH6.

I'll be using around a KW and have homebrewed some copycats of the  old KLM
7 Yagis for 6.

My only problem is being a rookie on 6 is I really don't know  what arrival
angles are most common for six meters for distances of greater than  2500
miles, which is the minimum distance for 99% of all contacts from  KH6.

Height recommendations are pretty useless since the terrain is  nowhere a
normal terrain due to the extreme drop away from the tower site.   Even a
combo of 20 over 5 produces enormous gains at 1 and 2  degrees.

N6BV's terrrain analysis only provides angle info for HF.   Check the
arrival angle on 10 meters for various places and then check 6  meters..about
the
same, as his program wasn't meant to do VHF arrival angles in  conjunction
with HFTA.

I know no number will be THE correct one, but a ball park range of  the
most common angles would be a big help.  I plan on giving as many  USA
stations
KH6 for the WAS as I possible can.  The same is true for JA  and hopefully
some EU guys as well.

Any help?

Bill K4XS/KH7XS