On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:34:33 -0500, Hal Rosser wrote:

"Allodoxaphobia" wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 02:33:45 -0500, Hal Rosser wrote:

"Charlie" wrote in message
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Currently the top loop is at only 20ft but I am making many contacts.
Soon
however they will be placed off a sidearm on the tower.
The top loop could then be as high as 80 ft.

I have read and read about this topic. Does anyone have any first hand
knowledge of 6M height above ground comparisons especially for stacked
loops? Thanks....


6m is line-of-sight, so higher is better than lower.

IT IS??? !!! Then, I guess my confirmed QSO's with Japan, Australia,
Greenland, Chile, and others -- plus all states except R.I. (sigh...)
from western Colorado (while running just 9.5 watts) simply never
happened.

OOPS! - sorry, I forgot about 50M DX - skip does happen at 50mhz sometimes

Propagation to Japan, Australia, Greenland, Chile... ain't skip.
It's F2 -- or Es-connected F2. Gets Real Crazy every 11 years or so.

Does ducting also occur on 50 ?

There's little that doesn't occur on 50 MHz. I have completed QSO's by
Es, F2, Au, meteor, tropo ducting, and weird flavors and combinations
of more than one of'em. Fellers also do EME on 6M - tho' not I.

When the band is wide open on an Es opening -- maybe a 2X Es event --
you'll find the FB-OP-to-Jerk ratio Real High. It's one of the reasons
I've all but given up on the 'popular' HF bands.

And, to steer it back On Topic:
Fiddl'in with antennas on 6M is SO EASY.

73
Jonesy
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