>...if you want to consistently be #1 in the pileups or turn-in big
>contest scores you likely won't be happy with that antenna (or most
>other verticals).
>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.
Hmmm, wonder if that is true for a vertical 'dipole'? Always thought at
some heights, the vertical 'dipole' might have an edge. Likewise, at some
heights, seem to recall that an inverted vee (30 degree droop below
horizontal) might have the edge over a horizontal dipole. I realize the
vertical orientation causes secondary lobes at some heights but seems like
that can be used to advantage if the height is properly chosen. Not sure
the horizontal dipole is absolutely always the best for dx when compared to
a vertical (dipole).
Of course, wouldn't be the first time I got confused.
73 de Jim WA6PX
JGShaw@Alumni.HAAS.org
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-admin@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Chuck Counselman
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 7:04 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] GAO Challenger DX
At 9:12 PM -0700 10/6/02, Mike Lazaroff K3AIR wrote:
>...if you want to consistently be #1 in the pileups or turn-in big
>contest scores you likely won't be happy with that antenna (or most
>other verticals).
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
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