[Antennas] Dipole Height

[Ken Durand]

What they said.....Dipole at least 1/2 wl above ground with ladder line and
a tuner.

I use a 400' loop in a triangle, roughly 90' above ground (nice tall popular
trees) feeding at one corner with 450 ohm ladder line with a tuner in the
shack. I have worked the world with this set up on 100 watts.  Tunes 10 to
160 (Probably some clover leafs there as well, I know there is a null going
to Asia).  

At the height you are talking about you will have an NVIS antenna. NVIS is
great for 500 miles or so.
Save the big coax for UHF/VHF, besides it's too heavy for a dipole, heck
RG213 is too heavy for a wire dipole for me. Tried it and took it down the
same week. Ladder is light enough for the wire to support it.

JK: had me going for a while....  ;-)


Ken
N4zed

PS: Check out my QRZ and see how my loop is configured...the link is
there....