I am mounting a Cushcraft R8 in a space-constrained location (the only spot available in my QTH.) The base of the antenna will be about 12 feet...
Posting this to encourage people to just put it up because something is better than nothing-and might be better than you think. Look at the map-...
My R8 is only a couple of years old. A few days ago I noticed that my swr on 30m was extremely high. Band above and below the 30m band were good...