You might check out the inverted V dipole.
It may not have the sharp nulls at the ends that the standard flat
dipole configuration has.
http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/IVee80.htm
Probably will find some elevation angles online for it.
On Tue, Oct 6, 2015, at 05:51 AM, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote:
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> * but any good dipole has a null off the end, so you really need two at
> right angles to work both S and W. With dipoles, the only thing that
> really matters is the nulls off the ends.**
> *
> > ***
> > **73, Jim K9YC *
> >
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> Can't the end null of dipoles be mitigated by putting up the dipole in a
> slight 120 degree V configuration. Although I have never seen this
> modeled for HF, I understand this is how broadcast FM antennas are
> designed to get an omni directional pattern. The same concept should
> work at HF as well. Right?
>
>
> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
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