Glad you could Robert

Location , Do you live on a hill top with clearance for miles and miles ? darn shit pipes will work then

How low can you go ? Well , have a buddy who has a antenna farm , all his antenna's are low (maybe 20 ft push ups and shit pipes) I can here this dude 40 miles away on a old Salute or Alpha.

LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION........I've always shot for the stars myself , only to lose a few good ground planes over the years. (Damn I loved to look at those babies from a distance )

Albino ? Hows that radio of yours tuned ? What kind of feedline are you using. 99s are known for there bleed but can help to use the best feedline you can get your hands on , a good clean tuned radio would be a plus as well , good ground , because you sound like your plenty high enough.

Nowadays (again depending on location) I like 40 ft with good feedline and ground if at all possible. (clean tuned radio helps too )

42ft for the halfwave a99 and 36ft for the 5/8 wave antenna. Total of 60ft to the tip of the antenna. According to FCC.

A good rule of thumb for antenna height is that the base of the antenna should be at least one full wavelength above ground. For CB frequencies that would be 11 meters or approx 36 feet. for longer skip jumps 80 feet is a good choice.

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Something else to remember is that there is no definitive, absolute, never 'bad', and if you can't get it "don't bother" antenna height. There are particular characteristics about some antenna heights that are 'generally' good. Those deal with how an antenna behaves at a particular height, how it 'relates' to the dirt under it. After something like 1/4 wave above ground, things sort of 'even out' sort of, some variables aren't as variable anymore. That doesn't mean anything about what the thing 'hears', just how it 'behaves' electrically.
Almost anything is better than nothing, and there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. That's about as 'general' as you can get...
- 'Doc

Almost anything is better than nothing, and there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. That's about as 'general' as you can get...
- 'Doc

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