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Eddie,
you have seen this location before 10+ years ago,
its where i had my cabbage patch, i have plenty of space for antennas,

the other place did have a small garden, about 85ft x 60ft with apple trees & conifirs near the antenna,

this place is lower ASL but its a better location for radio,

i see the trend in your models,
as the mast gets longer current in the upper 1/4wave is rising & gain increasing,

its only a tiny change undetectable on air but 1" is a tiny incremental increase,

can you check mast current to see if it is falling as upper 1/4wave current is rising ?

can you find a sweet spot that as you pass the trend reverses & current in the upper 1/4wave starts to fall again ?

i don't know how much work is involved making the incremental adjustments Eddie,

if its a lot of work, maybe try larger increments to save time & effort,

Thanks

<blockquote data-quote="bob85" data-source="post: 594263" data-attributes="member: 18">Eddie,you have seen this location before 10+ years ago, its where i had my cabbage patch, i have plenty of space for antennas,the other place did have a small garden, about 85ft x 60ft with apple trees &amp; conifirs near the antenna,this place is lower ASL but its a better location for radio,i see the trend in your models, as the mast gets longer current in the upper 1/4wave is rising &amp; gain increasing,its only a tiny change undetectable on air but 1&quot; is a tiny incremental increase,can you check mast current to see if it is falling as upper 1/4wave current is rising ? can you find a sweet spot that as you pass the trend reverses &amp; current in the upper 1/4wave starts to fall again ?i don&#039;t know how much work is involved making the incremental adjustments Eddie,if its a lot of work, maybe try larger increments to save time &amp; effort,Thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bob85, post: 594263, member: 18"] Eddie, you have seen this location before 10+ years ago, its where i had my cabbage patch, i have plenty of space for antennas, the other place did have a small garden, about 85ft x 60ft with apple trees & conifirs near the antenna, this place is lower ASL but its a better location for radio, i see the trend in your models, as the mast gets longer current in the upper 1/4wave is rising & gain increasing, its only a tiny change undetectable on air but 1" is a tiny incremental increase, can you check mast current to see if it is falling as upper 1/4wave current is rising ? can you find a sweet spot that as you pass the trend reverses & current in the upper 1/4wave starts to fall again ? i don't know how much work is involved making the incremental adjustments Eddie, if its a lot of work, maybe try larger increments to save time & effort, Thanks [/QUOTE]

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