TopBand: Balloon Full Wave Antenna for 160M

Greg Smith gregsmi@iafrica.com
Fri, 31 Jul 1998 17:59:24 +0200


 But last time when I had also inverted Vee at abt 70 ft, I was able
>to work them about hour earlier than with 4-square (!) - speaks for higher
>angle propagation.


Or horizontal polarisation?  Has anyone reading this ever put up a
horizontal antenna at sufficient height that the high angle radiation is
suppressed?

I believe that we have to distinguish between take off angle and
polarisation on this band.

de Greg, ZS5K


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