I have a 2m / 440 8.5 foot tall vertical colinear antenna.
If you had to choose:
- 40 feet high, in an oak tree, surrounded by branches and leaves, using RG8x (mini), this will require a 60 foot run of feedline
OR
- 20-25 feet high, on an asphalt single roof, using either RG-214 (basically RG-213 with silver coated center silver coated double shield), this will require only a 35 foot run of feedline
also I MIGHT have some left over LMR400 that will be long enough for the roof install... maybe
NOTE: this will be used mainly for my 2m APRS station, and occasionally used for 2m and 440 repeaters (I rarely use 440 repeaters)
If you had to choose:
- 40 feet high, in an oak tree, surrounded by branches and leaves, using RG8x (mini), this will require a 60 foot run of feedline
OR
- 20-25 feet high, on an asphalt single roof, using either RG-214 (basically RG-213 with silver coated center silver coated double shield), this will require only a 35 foot run of feedline
also I MIGHT have some left over LMR400 that will be long enough for the roof install... maybe
NOTE: this will be used mainly for my 2m APRS station, and occasionally used for 2m and 440 repeaters (I rarely use 440 repeaters)