Raised the beam up......

[KB1TPX]

an additional 5' today. Now I'm up and over the surrounding rooftops. Big difference especially to the North and West.
BTW, I'd show you a photo or two, but the website say's it exceeds my quota.

 

[W5LZ]

Normally I'd say that just a few feet doesn't do a lot of good when raising an antenna, but, it just depends on where that few feet puts the antenna, right? If it makes a difference in what might be 'obstructing' that antenna, it can mean a big difference (as you're finding out). If you added a few feet when you were at 40 - 70 feet already, and in the 'clear', I'd say it wasn't very worthwhile. There's always a 'catch' to this stuff, ain't there?
- 'Doc

 

[KB1TPX]

Normally I'd say that just a few feet doesn't do a lot of good when raising an antenna, but, it just depends on where that few feet puts the antenna, right? If it makes a difference in what might be 'obstructing' that antenna, it can mean a big difference (as you're finding out). If you added a few feet when you were at 40 - 70 feet already, and in the 'clear', I'd say it wasn't very worthwhile. There's always a 'catch' to this stuff, ain't there?
- 'Doc

You bet it does, in my case. There is a tall brick structure East of me, which I'm clearing now and also my antenna wasn't quite over the top of my roof before, which was hindering me to the West and North and now it is. So now I'm up and over the imediate obstructions. The distant ones don't matter much, as I probabaly angle up well enough.

 

[Moleculo]

BTW, I'd show you a photo or two, but the website say's it exceeds my quota.

Is it this site that is saying that? If so, I can fix that. Let me know...

 

[KB1TPX]

Is it this site that is saying that? If so, I can fix that. Let me know...

Yes, it say's that I've exceded my attachment quota, or something like that.