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This is not 11 meters, but look at the set-up he is using, and it works.
Clamped to a park bench, no pole...maybe 3 feet off the ground.
It works, and he is making contacts.
I have to Agree with the rest of the guys here that TOA/Feedpoint Height is not the Holy Grail of working DX.
Of course if you can get the Antenna up, it will work better, but just because you need to mount it lower, it will still work.

Yaesu FT897 / FT897D portable with home brew table top vertical - YouTube

Here are other Example`s Of Antennas that are mounted about as low as you can get.....and they work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQoFB3Xmgwo&feature=fvwp&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2ryK3-KS-0&list=UUVhDELg4Pf7hIMLqACta5Bg&index=9&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbjH3ZrX7fw&feature=related

73
Jeff

<blockquote data-quote="AudioShockwav" data-source="post: 365234" data-attributes="member: 6">This is not 11 meters, but look at the set-up he is using, and it works.Clamped to a park bench, no pole...maybe 3 feet off the ground.It works, and he is making contacts.I have to Agree with the rest of the guys here that TOA/Feedpoint Height is not the Holy Grail of working DX.&nbsp;Of course if you can get the Antenna up, it will work better, but just because you need to mount it lower, it will still work.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxX-MmiQTxs&amp;feature=related" target="_blank">Yaesu FT897 / FT897D portable with home brew table top vertical - YouTube</a>Here are other Example`s Of Antennas that are mounted about as low as you can get.....and they work.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQoFB3Xmgwo&amp;feature=fvwp&amp;NR=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQoFB3Xmgwo&amp;feature=fvwp&amp;NR=1</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2ryK3-KS-0&amp;list=UUVhDELg4Pf7hIMLqACta5Bg&amp;index=9&amp;feature=plcp" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2ryK3-KS-0&amp;list=UUVhDELg4Pf7hIMLqACta5Bg&amp;index=9&amp;feature=plcp</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbjH3ZrX7fw&amp;feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbjH3ZrX7fw&amp;feature=related</a>73Jeff</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AudioShockwav, post: 365234, member: 6"] This is not 11 meters, but look at the set-up he is using, and it works. Clamped to a park bench, no pole...maybe 3 feet off the ground. It works, and he is making contacts. I have to Agree with the rest of the guys here that TOA/Feedpoint Height is not the Holy Grail of working DX. Of course if you can get the Antenna up, it will work better, but just because you need to mount it lower, it will still work. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxX-MmiQTxs&feature=related]Yaesu FT897 / FT897D portable with home brew table top vertical - YouTube[/url] Here are other Example`s Of Antennas that are mounted about as low as you can get.....and they work. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQoFB3Xmgwo&feature=fvwp&NR=1[/url] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2ryK3-KS-0&list=UUVhDELg4Pf7hIMLqACta5Bg&index=9&feature=plcp[/url] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbjH3ZrX7fw&feature=related[/url] 73 Jeff [/QUOTE]

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