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Old December 25th 05, 02:59 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Chris W
 
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Default If the ideal lenght of an antenna is 1/4 Wave lenght then wayare the Car Cellular antennas are longer then this ?

Paul Johnson wrote:

A couple hundred feet is taller than most (all?) cell towers. Nextel used
to boast about having the tallest towers, around 110 feet max. Sprint's
towers were the shortest before Nextel bought them at around 60 feet. This
is why Sprint's signal really sucked balls before Nextel bought them out.




One of the reason they don't make them much higher is because, if they
are over a certain height they have to get special permits and have to
notify the FAA.


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Chris W
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