[TowerTalk] Wire antenna help needed

[Jim Brown]

On Wed,3/22/2017 2:33 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
> A friend 120 air miles away has never been able to get good copy on me 
> when I'm on the Hy-Tower but the OCF puts me in Q5. I often use my 
> auto-tuner with it and that makes my Tokyo Hy-Power very happy at a kw. 

The difference is vertical pattern. See http://k9yc.com/AntennaPlanning.pdf

Most verticals have almost no high angle radiation. Horizontal antennas 
do, how much depends on height. A 120 mile path on the lower bands is a 
high angle path.

73, Jim K9YC