I didn't remember W8LT's 5/8 wave balloon verticals. But I do recall your telling me about your neighbor's inverted-L nearly always being about the same strength as your old 120' tower in Ohio on 160. Do you recall how high the vertical portion of his inverted-L was?
So according to your tests, the ~5/8 wave tower was always inferior to the 190' tower, no matter what the distance was? That is very interesting, And I have little doubt all your towers had sufficient radials under them. :-) What do you think about 120' vs 190' ? Ever do any tests like that? 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Tom W8JI <[email protected]> wrote: > Did you --or anyone else you are aware of-- ever A-B test a ~120' tower >> against a ~300' tower on 160? >> > > I A-B or A-B-C tested several antennas, including a low dipole, the high > dipole, an element from my four square, a ~318 foot insulated tower > vertical, and I think my tall omni vertical was about 190 feet at that time. > > The tall vertical tower was definitely worse compared to shorter > verticals, and had almost no short skip signal around Georgia. I had > isolation chokes for lights and a base insulator, but that 300+ foot tower > was so poor I never used it as a vertical. > 73 Tom > _______________________________________________ Topband reflector - [email protected]
