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A tigther pattern which allows you to illuminate the unwanted is always welcomed. for RXing.
That....together with the additional gain could be an improvement. But..... only if you are really into "DX"... and hearing them. Primairy focus on height....you probarly cant change the terrain on which the antenna stands hihi.... But if you can....slooping ground about 10..30 degree downwards upto about 10...20 wavelengths from the antenna would be nice.
It is wise to invest in heigth rather than boomlenght (up to about 60 feet high) then the number "boomlength" becomes of interest. If that is from a single boom or dual is open for discussion.
And the mechanical aspect....it is rather easy to put up a 6..7el about 60 feet of the ground but anything beyond becomes a serious task....not only to get it "there" but to "keep" it there aswell.

So overall....if you can put any beam up as high as possible.... If you are done with "heigth"....get as much boom up as you can.

73 Henry

<blockquote data-quote="Henry HPSD" data-source="post: 665922" data-attributes="member: 2333">A tigther pattern which allows you to illuminate the unwanted is always welcomed. for RXing.That....together with the additional gain could be an improvement. But..... only if you are really into&nbsp; &quot;DX&quot;... and hearing them.&nbsp; Primairy focus on height....you probarly cant change the terrain on which the antenna stands hihi.... But if you can....slooping ground about 10..30 degree downwards upto about 10...20 wavelengths from the antenna would be nice.It is wise to invest in heigth rather than boomlenght (up to about 60 feet high) then the number &quot;boomlength&quot; becomes of interest. If that is from a single boom or dual is open for discussion.And the mechanical aspect....it is rather easy to put up a 6..7el about 60 feet of the ground but anything beyond becomes a serious task....not only to get it &quot;there&quot; but to &quot;keep&quot; it there aswell.So overall....if you can put any beam up as high as possible.... If you are done with &quot;heigth&quot;....get as much boom up as you can. 73 Henry</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry HPSD, post: 665922, member: 2333"] A tigther pattern which allows you to illuminate the unwanted is always welcomed. for RXing. That....together with the additional gain could be an improvement. But..... only if you are really into "DX"... and hearing them. Primairy focus on height....you probarly cant change the terrain on which the antenna stands hihi.... But if you can....slooping ground about 10..30 degree downwards upto about 10...20 wavelengths from the antenna would be nice. It is wise to invest in heigth rather than boomlenght (up to about 60 feet high) then the number "boomlength" becomes of interest. If that is from a single boom or dual is open for discussion. And the mechanical aspect....it is rather easy to put up a 6..7el about 60 feet of the ground but anything beyond becomes a serious task....not only to get it "there" but to "keep" it there aswell. So overall....if you can put any beam up as high as possible.... If you are done with "heigth"....get as much boom up as you can. 73 Henry [/QUOTE]

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