On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:39:37 -0500, J. Mc Laughlin wrote:

Two sections above guys next to the house is pushing prudence. With a
clear area next to the proposed tower in the back, three sections with
just a VHF antenna seems reasonable in view of your description.

I'm curious why two sections above the guys, next to the house, is
marginal but three sections self-supporting out in the open seems OK.

Actually the three sections self-supporting would be as close to the house
on one end as the guyed tower is on the other end.

Perhaps the tribander on the guyed tower makes the difference, but in
truth I think the chances are fairly slim that I'll end up doing that. I
have two inverted vees and two NVIS dipoles, which together cover 160
through 40, which these days are the only HF bands that really hold my
interest... I never was much of a DX hound and with the Internet and
satellite phones, it doesn't seem like hardly anybody wants to pass any
traffic or run phone patches anymore. Perhaps when the sunspots get more
favorable I'll re-think the notion of the tribander but until then it's
probably pretty low on the priority list.