[SFDXA] Where the real skyscrapers are hint North Dakota (S Floeida too!)

[Kai]

Pete,
That is a classic "antenna down-tilt" problem. They should have have used a 
lower gain antenna, such as a single dipole, (hence wider elevation beamwidth). 
With the higher gain (narrower vertical beam) they no doubt had great coverage 
at a very far horizon, perhaps 100 miles away, but no coverage under the tower 
because the antenna pattern was on the horizon!
Kai

On 3/5/2015 10:45 AM, Pete Rimmel N8PR wrote:
> Back in 1988 When the S.C. tower was built, there was a strange occurrence. 
> The combiner for the antennas arrived with a port for 147.300 MHz.  (if memory 
> serves me correctly)
>
> All the hams in the area rejoiced, because they thought that that repeater at 
> 2000 feet would cover such a wide area...
>
> Well...  about half the time, no one could hit the repeater at 2000 feet. Too 
> many thermals below it...  so they put an antenna at 300 feet and it now works 
> very well !
>
> 73,  PeteR  N8PR
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Kai
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 9:47 AM
> To: sfdxa at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [SFDXA] Where the real skyscrapers are hint North Dakota (S 
> Floeida too!)
>
> We have some very credible examples on our door step, including the 313 m (1027
> feet) tall channel 6 (WTVJ) tower just below the Broward / Dade county line.
> There is a cluster of high towers there,
> see: http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/dtvmaps/  and enter your zip code.
> There is an elevator on that tower, and the view from the tower is breath taking
> (been there)!
> 73
> Kai, KE4PT
>
>
>
>
>
> On 3/5/2015 8:48 AM, Bill wrote:
>> From Tony N2MFT:
>>
>> https://medium.com/re-form/where-the-real-skyscrapers-are-hint-north-dakota-76b33694c99e, 
>>
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