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[TowerTalk] Flat top vs Inv Vee

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Flat top vs Inv Vee
From: pmcinnish@.att.net (Paul McInnish - K4BET)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 11:10:40 -0400
Inverted V also has amore circular pattern with somewhat less rejection off the
ends...

DavidC wrote:

> > >Model it, and you will see the VERY small difference between an inverted
> V
> > >DIPOLE and a regular dipole.
> >
> > I don't care what your computer says.  A flat top dipole will outperform
> an
> > inverted vee dipole at the same feedpoint height EVERY time.   By more
> than
> > a small amount.  This is my experience, and many others that I have
> talked
> > to over the years.   73 Bill
>
> Doesn't the inverted vee offer some of the advantages of a vertical, lower
> beam in a stack, etc.?  Can one not model certain ground effect and
> propagation conditions where a vee may in fact be expected to outperform a
> flat top dipole to a specific location?  (However rare)
>
> This would seem to fit with much of the discussion here previously.
> --
> 73, DavidC  AA1FA
>
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