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Xlaxx
| | Posted on Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 10:03 pm: | 
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My Maco is about 32ft+ up.
Would it make much of a difference to go another 10ft higher?
I have talked barefoot in a radius of 50-64 miles away. Wasn't sure if 10ft is that significant? My SWR's are good 1:1.2-.3 ish, antenna is grounded. I have it mounted on (2) 10ft pole sections from Rat Shack. Was wondering if I put another section on it that it would make much of a signal diff. in Rx or Tx?
Thanks
XLAXX |
Twa77
| | Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 4:58 pm: |
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it couldn't get worse. go for it.
tony |
Spun
| | Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 6:15 pm: |
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Hello Xlaxx,
Go for the nearest tree. ;-) I had my antenna on a pole prior to getting it in a tree, and it made a huge difference on my tx & rx. But, if a tree isn't close then I would recommend getting it as high as possible!
- Kevin
**** CEF 283 ***** |
Foxracing
| | Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 9:17 pm: |
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Yes it will help and I have done it personaly. I went from about 30ft and then said well since I live in a hole better get it higher another 10 ft then another 20 and wow made a big difference. So I am about 60-65 feet and want to go big again with all the TVI I have. Makes a real big difference on the recieve an transcieve. 73s hope it was good info.
FOX |
Xlaxx
| | Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 10:36 pm: |
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My neighbor had some Silver Maples taken down and I asked the company to trim some limbs from above my house,.... $400 later, I was thinking,... I should raise that antenna. The poles I use are the ones from Rat Shack that are for satellite dishes, but I pieced them together and painted them in camo,....wa la,...
They are fairly strong (survived Isabel) and I guyed them.
Does anyone else have any experience with these poles. Since I am stacking them, I wasn't sure of their tensile strength?
Thanks
XLAXX |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 11:06 pm: |
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Don't know about them poles,but I believe 36 then 54 then 86 then 124 feet is the height numbers you want to shoot for,I think it's 3db increase in recieved signal at each step,but I may be wrong,an aquaintance welded two pieces of gas pipeline together for a total height of 160 feet,the pipe is 1 foot inside dia.3 inch wall thickness,poured a block of concrete 27 feet cubed with a 20 foot long and 1 foot thick steel rod in it,put his moonraker 6 on it and used a crane to mount the whole thing,the pipe is a slide fit on the rod in case he has to take it down for repairs.Talk about a diehard cber,holy crud!Oh yeah and no guys,either. |
Mr_Rf
| | Posted on Monday, February 02, 2004 - 9:17 am: |
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BigBob, got a camera...a picture of the Moonraker 6 installation would be worth a thousands words!
Forummaster, I think the forum needs a "monster antenna" picture section. Do we have drive space on the server?
NOTE!
Just a suggestion, but you can put your Antenna Picture's in your Profile so People can see them when they click on your Profile for Information and it would save Forum Space.
Lon Tech808
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Kc0gxz
| | Posted on Monday, February 02, 2004 - 10:48 pm: |
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Xlaxx
Bigbob is correct. Those numbers he is refering to are in "wavelengths". To see any real feasable increase in transmitted distance, a increase of at least one wavelength will be needed.
By the way, you have perhaps one of the best antennas available for the CBer. And being a 5/8 wavelength, only a beam will outperform it. So by all means, get it as high as possible if you're not happy with 50-64 mile antenna to antenna contacts.
Jeff, kc0gxz. |
Xlaxx
| | Posted on Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 10:00 pm: |
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Jeff & Bigbob-
Thank you!
Looks like when the weather gets warmer, I am heading up on the roof.
Jeff,... no complaints about the antenna to antenna contacts! hehehehehe,... barefoot too!
XLAXX |
Kc0gxz
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 1:58 am: |
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Xlaxx
I believe you.
Jeff. |
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