On Wed,3/22/2017 2:33 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
A friend 120 air miles away has never been able to get good copy on me
when I'm on the Hy-Tower but the OCF puts me in Q5. I often use my
auto-tuner with it and that makes my Tokyo Hy-Power very happy at a kw.
The difference is vertical pattern. See http://k9yc.com/AntennaPlanning.pdf
Most verticals have almost no high angle radiation. Horizontal antennas
do, how much depends on height. A 120 mile path on the lower bands is a
high angle path.
73, Jim K9YC
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