Chuck Counselman wrote:
> Agreed. As you can read in U S Army Signal Corp manuals, >calculate> by
> means of NEC-4, and/or prove for yourself by >experiment, for DX (as opposed
> to short-range ground-wave work) a >horizontal dipole beats a vertical
> antenna of the same height.
>
> -Chuck, W1HIS
Hi Chuck
I'd have to disagree with that, if what you are saying is that a
dipole at 60 feet will outperform a quarter wave vertical on 80
meters. I have 3 phased verticals on 40 here and they have
outperformed any dipole or quad loop I've ever used on that
band. 73
Tom W7WHY
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