The antenna just over your roof line should not be a problem. You will be able to work a lot of stations with this setup. Before buying the antenna I would suggest that you read the tribander test report. http://www.championradio.com/HF-TRIBANDER-PERFORMANCE-TEST-METHODS-RESULTS.2
John KK9A from: Terry Brown n7tb Mon Jul 11 21:21:51 EDT 2016 Hello all, I have decided to purchase a new smaller lightweight crankup tower and a smaller tribander such as the Mosley TA-33 JR-N or NW. I have seen the US Towers MA-40, a 20-41ft. crankup as one type. It comes with a tilt over base add-on which would allow me to service the antenna from the ground. This particular two section tower can crank down to 20 ft., thus not being visible from the street east of the house. It's max height is 41 ft. which would put the antenna only 9-10 ft. above the roofline when transmitting to the East. I want to put a winch on the tower so I don't have to physically crank it up by hand as I get older. With this background I have two questions: 1. Will the yagi attached to the tower with only 9-10 ft. height above the roofline (41 ft. tower) be an effective radiator and receive antenna on 20-15-10 meter bands to the East? Being on the West Coast, this will be the direction of most of my mainland US contacts. To the N-W-S, the antenna will be 41 ft. above the ground, so no problem. I know I can have a larger tower and antenna, but I want my setup to be neighbor friendly. I am not a contester, and will never operate over 100 watts. It is nice to be able to work a station if I can hear it. I also want the advantage of a horizontally polarized antenna with gain. I have been spoiled with that setup over the years. Thanks in advance to you all. 73's, Terry Brown, N7TB ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
