interesting observation concerning antenna height

[209 first class]

there is another cb'er about 40 mileas away from me. yesterday he was calling a station in colorado, and i couldent even hear colorado.(colorado didnt answer,but anyhow) he has a 55 foot tower. i just shelled out a bunch of dough for a 30 ft tower (not here yet) and then i was wishing i had spent more for a higher one, and imagined adding a section or two in the future. this morning, we were both on the same channel again, and a station was calling him giving me high numbers and he couldent hear them. just the opposite of yesterday. then i was talking to bermuda, and he couldent hear them. so, after that, i felt better about my setup, and realised you cant have it all. ive read about heights affecting the angle of radiation, but this proves it in actual use. 209

[BtyMONSTER]

skip does not reflect signals evenly over a area as large as you two are apart . hight is might but wasnt the deciding factor it the instance you just described .
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[linx]

that's just the way it goes man. base's all near my base...sometimes some of us can hear and sometimes some of us can't.