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I have noticed one thing about antenna height on 11 meters. The higher you go the harder it is to talk skip. At 150' I rarely caught any skip conditions closer than 1000 miles. I talked all over the world but it was hard to talk within the United States. Late at night talking (ground wave or whatever you want to call it) I could talk 150-200 miles barefooted. I used to talk to mobiles in Pensecola, FL early in the morning. After I dropped back to 100' that changed. I could talk plenty of skip but the barefooted talking dropped to at best 150 miles. It was a big difference.
The best conditions I have ever had was when I had my M107 on the ground (bottom elements 8' off the ground) setting the reflected power and a person called to me from West Germany on channel 20. I've got a QSL card to prove the contact.
So how high is good enough? At any given time it doesn't matter as far as I have seen.

<blockquote data-quote="Bionic Chicken" data-source="post: 119008" data-attributes="member: 7253">I have noticed one thing about antenna height on 11 meters.&nbsp; The higher you go the harder it is to talk skip.&nbsp; At 150&#039; I rarely caught any skip conditions closer than 1000 miles.&nbsp; I talked all over the world but it was hard to talk within the United States.&nbsp; Late at night talking (ground wave or whatever you want to call it) I could talk 150-200 miles barefooted.&nbsp; I used to talk to mobiles in Pensecola, FL early in the morning.&nbsp; After I dropped back to 100&#039; that changed.&nbsp; I could talk plenty of skip but the barefooted talking dropped to at best 150 miles.&nbsp; It was a big difference.&nbsp; The best conditions I have ever had was when I had my M107 on the ground (bottom elements 8&#039; off the ground) setting the reflected power and a person called to me from West Germany on channel 20.&nbsp; I&#039;ve got a QSL card to prove the contact.&nbsp; So how high is good enough?&nbsp;&nbsp; At any given time it doesn&#039;t matter as far as I have seen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bionic Chicken, post: 119008, member: 7253"] I have noticed one thing about antenna height on 11 meters. The higher you go the harder it is to talk skip. At 150' I rarely caught any skip conditions closer than 1000 miles. I talked all over the world but it was hard to talk within the United States. Late at night talking (ground wave or whatever you want to call it) I could talk 150-200 miles barefooted. I used to talk to mobiles in Pensecola, FL early in the morning. After I dropped back to 100' that changed. I could talk plenty of skip but the barefooted talking dropped to at best 150 miles. It was a big difference. The best conditions I have ever had was when I had my M107 on the ground (bottom elements 8' off the ground) setting the reflected power and a person called to me from West Germany on channel 20. I've got a QSL card to prove the contact. So how high is good enough? At any given time it doesn't matter as far as I have seen. [/QUOTE]

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