Generally true. But, if you happen to live a block from a high tension power
line in one direction and another about half a mile away in the other, as
unfortunately is my case, the vertical actually wins (and yes I've tried
both). Guess there isn't quite enough earth to complete the short circuit.
Every situation is different.
Chris AB6QK
ate: Sun, 21 May 2017 21:14:18 +0000
From: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
To: Amps group <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] new amp race
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On Sun, 21 May 2017 17:03:16 +0000, Manfred wrote:
>And yes, the noise bothering city-dwelling hams is almost always mostly
>very local, generated in their own homes and in those of the nearest
>neighbors.
REPLY:
>It's an old adage but true: Most man made noise is vertically polarized
because of the "shorting" effect of the earth. As a result >if one is having
trouble with man made noise, going to a horizontally polarized antenna will
help.
>73, Bill W6WRT
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