breadman246
108 posts
Jul 09, 2010
4:33 PM
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how high do i need to get it to do well
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lv480
416 posts
Jul 09, 2010
6:09 PM
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I have mine 30 ft to the tip only because of Home owner assoc...It works fine for me and I DX all over the US.....AS Butcher might say, heigth is might. If you can go up higher, go for it.....
Last Edited on 10-Jul-2010 7:27 AM
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cigar88h
73 posts
Jul 10, 2010
3:58 AM
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I second what Iv480 said!
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Bubba
969 posts
Jul 10, 2010
3:06 PM
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yup,, like the fella's said. The higher the better, but do not let that drive ya' nuts. How high may be just relative to location. If somebody has an antenna on a fifty foot tower, but lives in a valley,,, he may not be any better off than a guy on a big hill with the antenna strapped to a clothes line pole. I am no tech head, and radio waves do not need line of sight,, but I would think higher in the sky is better than higher from the ground.
Just lash it to your chimney, or get a roof tripod. If you want hard core long DX capabilities, you may want to upgrade from the 99 anyway,, but it is still a great antenna for most users.
Bubba
P-Town, Illinois
Galaxy Saturn-Astatic AST-878DM Mic-Imax2K [ManCave radio]
Galaxy 2547-Workman Silver Salute Mic-Imax2K [Living Room radio]
Ch 22 Local [ Bubba }
38 LSB Long Distance { Bubba 3512 }
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farmer
24 posts
Jul 10, 2010
9:28 PM
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I have mine about 42 feet to the tip works good
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JOKER
49 posts
Jul 11, 2010
9:05 AM
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like they say, the higher the better. mine is 75feet to the tip. works good
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Dakota
346 posts
Jul 11, 2010
6:01 PM
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I have always been told and I believe the Antron instructions say that best performance is achieved with the bottom of the antenna at 38 feet.
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Channel 12 SE Buckeye
Galaxy 88
Mirage 88
Cobra 142
Cobra 89XLR
Imax 2000
Antron 99
Wilson 5000
K40
K30
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walterb
68 posts
Aug 15, 2010
10:14 AM
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Hi,
Most radio operators sell the A99 short, its a great antenna, and the reason the instructions say 38' is because if you put it up higher in most cases it will bring in more white noise into your radio and it will be harder to pickup those weak station most of the time, but you will be heard a little farther away, I run an A99 at 36' to the bottom and a I-10K an 28" to the bottom and both antennas work quite well, I moved the I-10K up and down to where the signal to noise ratio was the best for where I live and had my A99 at 40' but it pulled in to much while noise so dropped to to 36 ' to the bottom sometimes depending on direction one antenna will out perform the other, but unless there are perfect conditions the I-10K is my antenna of choice because of its signal to noise ratio, its very quite and brings in those real reak station nice....................Oldtimer
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