Any horizontally-polarized antenna needs to be at least 1/2 wavelength above ground for optimum performance, e.g. 32 feet up on 20 meters, 16 feet up on 10 meters.
They will work at lower heights of course, but at reduced gain as they are lower. 20 feet sounds like a reasonable compromise for a 14 MHz and up antenna, especially since the actual apparent ground is usually somewhat below the surface of the earth in most locations. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- I have also read they only need to be up about 20 feet high. Rich, n0ce ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
