Peter,
I hope you didn't fall into the trap of just comparing the optimum
take-off angles. It's quite possible for a dipole with a higher take-off
angle to be better than a vertical with a low take-off angle for DX work.
For example, I just compared the elevation pattern of a 45ft monopole
(blue) with the elevation pattern of a 20m half-wave at 40ft (red):
http://www.karinya.net/g3txq/dipole_vs_monopole.png
Even though the dipole has a higher optimum take-off angle it beats the
monopole at all low angles. When comparing antennas in this way it is
VITAL to overlay the patterns on the same scale. It's not sufficient to
compare optimum take-off angles.
73,
Steve G3TXQ
Peter Voelpel wrote:
>
> In all the cases studied and modeled, the vertical antenna had a lower
> radiation pattern than a low hanging dipole (it is like fairly impossible
> for me to get a 1/2 wave 40 meter dipole up 1/2 wave over the ground, so we
> used different realistic values, such as
> that dipole at 25 feet, 40 feet, and 60 feet, respectively. We
> compared the take off angles and radiation patterns with the
> angles and patterns for the 45 foot monopole vertical. We
> modeled the same sort of setup for 160 meters, 80 meters, 40 meters, and 20
> meters.
>
> In all cases the dipole radiated at a slightly higher angle than the
> vertical, which is why the vertical is a better choice, sometimes, than the
> dipole for low band DXing.
>
>
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