Thank you so much this is about what I had concluded. I just want to be sure money is hard earned and spends fast. lol A big part of the reason I am setting this up now is am somewhat of a prepper and IMO things are headed down hill ever faster. Want to be sure we can communicate with others if it gets bad. Not to mention I have been having a lot of fun playing around with this stuff lately.

The reason I had asked about length is I have two options for putting this up if I could put the antenna 700 ft away it would be about 50 ft higher and in a much more cleared area. As it is cost wise I think I will have to mount it here at the house.

Thanks again for taking the time and helping out a fellow.