I have been reading the posts about verticals VS dipoles, and S meters.
First, I think that if you modeled a ground mounted vertical and the same
vertical at 330 feet above ground, you might find the radiation pattern
(take off angle) would not be the same for the two instalations (just my
guess).
Second, so far no one has said anything about grayline DX (or about that
time) when some claim that a dipole works better than their vertical. This
is on the low bands, dont know about higher freq.
About S meter accuracy. You either hear them or you dont. If you can hear
them and work them, it dont make any difference what the S meter reads.
I worked a lot of DX on my Omni C that did not move the S meter needle, but
they made it into the log.
Just my opinion, and I think that both of those horses are about beat to
death.
Paul K9OT
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