[OKDXA] Beam at less than 1/2 wavelength high

[Robert Redmon]

John,

It will suffer somewhat being that low, but will still be much better 
than a dipole or vertical at the same height above ground. You are 
becoming the poster boy for dxing the hard way. You should write a book.

Bob
On 11/6/2014 5:17 PM, John Geiger wrote:
> I am looking at getting one of the MFJ Moxon antennas up in the next week
> to 10 days-for the VU4 DXpedition amongst other things.  I can only get it
> up 18 feet high max, due to some limitations.  I know that is over 1/2
> wavelength for 10 meters, and I have definitely been thinking about a 10
> meter moxon, but I really like 15m and it will be open longer, etc. How
> much will performance suffer if I put a 15 meter antenna up at 18 feet
> instead of the 1/2 wavelength height of 22.5 feet?
>
> 73 John AF5CC
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Robert Redmon K5SM
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