I am soon to take a foundation license and would like to work 2meters. I am
restricted by local regulations with regard to Antenna height. What would be
the minimum height that I could use ?
Any help advice appreciated
Simon.

Simon -- it depends on the antenna height of the other station

For 2M repeaters -- I work a repeater 20 miles away with an HT and rubber
duck running 1 watt of power, BUT the repeater antenna is at 5600 feet on a
mountain top !!!

For a rough guide of transmitter range and antenna heights see URL:
http://www.artscipub.com/simpleton/simp.range.html

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"Simon Smith" wrote in message
...
I am soon to take a foundation license and would like to work 2meters. I am
restricted by local regulations with regard to Antenna height. What would
be
the minimum height that I could use ?
Any help advice appreciated
Simon.

"Simon Smith" wrote in message
...
I am soon to take a foundation license and would like to work 2meters. I
am
restricted by local regulations with regard to Antenna height. What would
be
the minimum height that I could use ?
Any help advice appreciated
Simon.


Simon - it appears you may have antenna height and antenna length confused.
(your subject refers to length and your post refers to height)
Minimum height you can use is probably "ground level" - or - zero feet
in other words - as long as you can hear the other station - you can
probably talk to it.



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