[K6BW] Tower Height

[Joy Best]

Agree with your suggestion.  Guy wire configuration will be enough of a 
headache as is.  Alan K6AJB

Harold Johnsen wrote:

>This is a request for comments from HWA membership.
>
>We need to decide if we are putting our 88' tower up all the way or just
>raising it to three sections high, about 55 to 60 feet, as the previous
>owner did.  Going up to 88' will cost us a lot of extra guy wire and, from
>what I can tell from my various readings about antennas, won't give us any
>better performance.  Does anyone have any experiences with the heights of
>antenna towers for beam antennas?  Does anyone have any comments, questions
>or suggestions??  I am strongly inclined to go with three sections, around
>55 to 60 ft up.
>
>73, de Harold AE6FC
>
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