Re: Topband: Fw: verticals by the sea

[Herbert Schoenbohm <herbs@vitelcom.net>]

Didn't Stew Perry, W1BB have basically and inverted Vee with open wire 
feeders at his famous Lighthouse QTH at Winthrop, MA?
On 4/3/2015 12:48 PM, k1fz wrote:
> Years ago there was someone using an inverted V and doing quite well with
> DX. It was later found that he had a long vertical open wire feed line
> that was thought to be acting as vertical antenna.
>
> 73
> Bruce-K1FZ
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
> To: <topband@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 10:17 AM
> Subject: Re: Topband: verticals by the sea
>
>
> > Is there any advantage to using an inverted VEE by the sea?  Didn't I 
> > read
> > inverted VEEs had a lot of vertical polarization?
> >
> > Reason I ask is I plan to do the IOTA contest on an Island in NB or 
> > NS and
> > have not yet decided on an antenna.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> Mike VE9AA
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