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It's great to see that in a visual reference. I once made the mistake of raising a Shooting Star to 72 feet from about 40 feet. It destroyed my ability to work southern skip from CT on the horizontal side. Going from 1 wavelength above ground to 2, will make your signal 100 times WEAKER at the 15 degree take off angle! An angle that is useful for closer DX work. Notice the chart shows there is more than a 20db difference in signal at 15 degrees. Adjusting the height of your beam to reach your targeted area can be far more useful than adding power or more elements.

[QUOTE="Shockwave, post: 665975, member: 10882"] It's great to see that in a visual reference. I once made the mistake of raising a Shooting Star to 72 feet from about 40 feet. It destroyed my ability to work southern skip from CT on the horizontal side. Going from 1 wavelength above ground to 2, will make your signal 100 times WEAKER at the 15 degree take off angle! An angle that is useful for closer DX work. Notice the chart shows there is more than a 20db difference in signal at 15 degrees. Adjusting the height of your beam to reach your targeted area can be far more useful than adding power or more elements. [/QUOTE]

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