[50mhz] antenna stacking question

[ac6ta]

Just my .02

Remember that most of your contacts on 6M will be via E skip and that has a much higher take off angle than F2.  Plus this is a 3 element beam he was asking about not a long boom so no matter what the take off angle will not be very low.  

Over the years I have had very good luck with my 5 element cushcraft only mounted 5 feet off the roof.  It does very well in eskip conditions with my modest station (I run only 40 watts)  and antenna (short boom 5 element cushcraft)  compared against my neighboring hams (you know who you are) and luckily my location allows me to have a low takeoff angle to work well with F2.  Good enough to work Japan and South America in pileups competing with several stations running the legal limit with much larger antennas.  But again you get one shot on one day every 11 years to do that.  The other 99.9% you are working eskip so why not optimize for what you are going to be using it for.

AC6TA
Chris in DM04TA