Antena to tower hight.

[silvereagle1]

I am mounting my big Daddy antenna to the mast pole Here is my ? Dose the Elements need to clear the tower or can they be below the tower? With the tower the pole and the Antenna it will be 55' to the tip of the Antenna. Thats a long way in the air or seem's to be. I would like to know what your thought rae .Thanks as always God Bless

 

[Zman]

My Moonraker 4 has the tips of the elements about 3 feet above the top of the tower. I have seen some antennas with the elements down even with the top of the tower and they owners never really had issues....

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

I ran my Shooting Star with the vertical elements extending down about 3 feet BELOW the top of my tower and never had an issue. SWR was great and I worked the world with 100 watts max and usually at 25 watts.

 

[Mudfoot]

The antenna prophets will disagree and belch out plenty of gas, but you'll be fine.

 

[silvereagle1]

Thanks i just wanted to make sure if my vert beams were below the tower i would be alright.

 

[Zman]

The antenna prophets will disagree and belch out plenty of gas, but you'll be fine.

They will spew out lots of technical BS and quote their charts and graphs and quotes out of fancy engineering books. LOL

 

[silvereagle1]

Thanks this bad boy will be far enough in the air as it is without adding 12 more feet to it. I did not relize it was as big as it was til i started putting it together. It makes for a sight to see. But i have had a ball doing this Antenna and tower install. Its a lot of work but in the long run i think a tower is the way to go. Well Thanks again to all God Bless.

 

[Zman]

Have fun with it and u will have a blast.