[TenTec] 17 Meter Antenna

[Jim Brown]

On Sun,11/23/2014 9:31 AM, Don Jones wrote:
> It is a well know fact that a dipole has 8dBi gain when it is 1/2 
> wavelength high do to the ground reflection. ON4UN is saying in his 
> book that these compressed delta loops only have 1.6 dBi gain over 
> average ground. 

This link is to a slide show for a presentation I've done several times 
about this set of issues. It doesn't address delta loops, but it does 
compare horizontally and vertically polarized antennas at various 
mounting heights.

http://k9yc.com/VertOrHorizontal-Slides.pdf

73, Jim K9YC