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a beam and 60 ft of tower is by no means necessary to talk skip . i talked from virginia to alaska barefooted with a home made starduster made of speaker wire and pvc at a 17 ft feedpoint height and folks have talked farther with similar 1/4 wave/dipole antennas . i do believe i would have had a much stronger contact with a set of beams 60 ft high , but without conditions no contact would have been made to start with .

a beam is typically a more effective and more versatile antenna than a omni but a omni is much simpler to install and most folks find it does "good enough" for their purposes .

just my POV

[QUOTE="BOOTY MONSTER, post: 378468"] a beam and 60 ft of tower is by no means necessary to talk skip . i talked from virginia to alaska barefooted with a home made starduster made of speaker wire and pvc at a 17 ft feedpoint height and folks have talked farther with similar 1/4 wave/dipole antennas . i do believe i would have had a much stronger contact with a set of beams 60 ft high , but without conditions no contact would have been made to start with . a beam is typically a more effective and more versatile antenna than a omni but a omni is much simpler to install and most folks find it does "good enough" for their purposes . just my POV :thumbup: [/QUOTE]

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