Topband: 5/8 wavelength vertical is mo bettathan shorterversions??

[ZR]

I would think a 5/8 would be good for the various 160 contests where a lot 
of contacts are short distances and the extended groundwave plus some power 
at 40 degrees could be useful.
Wth 3 antennas, a 1/4 wave, a 5/8 or 1/2 wave and a horizontal cloud warmer 
or for DX ducting, would cover all bases.

OTOH a 1/4 wave only a few hundred feet away could null some of the signal.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie Cunningham" <charlie-cunningham at nc.rr.com>
To: "'Mike Waters'" <mikewate at gmail.com>; "'topband'" 
<topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: 5/8 wavelength vertical is mo bettathan 
shorterversions??


> Quite a bit of the radiation from 5/8 wave verticals is at relatively high
> elevation angles - above 40 degrees elevation.
>
> (Perhaps useful for VHF mobiles that need to hit mountain top or hill-top
> repeaters)
>
> Charlie, K4OTV
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike
> Waters
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:53 AM
> To: topband
> Subject: Re: Topband: 5/8 wavelength vertical is mo betta than
> shorterversions??
>
> A lot of hams on 160m have been similarly "shocked". :-)
>
> 73, Mike
> www.w0btu.com
>
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Niko Cimbur <ac6dd at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> We were shocked to find that the existing 1/4 wl performed better than 
>> the
>> much taller [5/8 wave] Vertical.
>>
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