On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:29:22 -0700 (PDT), Rick Karlquist wrote:
>At least at my QTH, a vertical usually
>produces a MUCH stronger (10 to 20 dB) signal than a low (60 ft) dipole,
>except for locals. Therefore, any radiation produced by the horizontal
>portion of an inverted L is useless most of the time.
>This is because ground reflections will cancel out most of it. Horizontal
>polarization will work fine...if the horizontal wire is 100's of feet
>high. But it is low for an inverted L as normally deployed.
Yes.
73,
Jim K9YC
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