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Oi-vay

There's about 2.4% difference in length from a .625 (5/8 ) to a .64.

There's about 1.8% difference from 26.965 (ch.1) to 27.405 (ch.40).

I believe it's more of an issue of the Take-Off-Angle of the antenna design. The .64 will hug the Earth a bit longer/ further which could be a bad thing if one lives in a canyon, a good thing for those in the flatlands.

For 'Canyonites' buy a Starduster!

I wonder what possible gain you might see if you used four 8' 8" guy wires, each to an insulator, as radials instead?

73

[QUOTE="CDX-007, post: 96318, member: 1254"] Oi-vay [img]http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/images/smilies/icon_bash.gif[/img] There's about 2.4% difference in length from a .625 (5/8 ) to a .64. There's about 1.8% difference from 26.965 (ch.1) to 27.405 (ch.40). I believe it's more of an issue of the Take-Off-Angle of the antenna design. The .64 will hug the Earth a bit longer/ further which could be a bad thing if one lives in a canyon, a good thing for those in the flatlands. For 'Canyonites' buy a Starduster! I wonder what possible gain you might see if you used four 8' 8" guy wires, each to an insulator, as radials instead? 73 [/QUOTE]

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