Topband: Fw: verticals by the sea

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

Didn't Stew Perry, W1BB have basically and inverted Vee with open wire 
feeders at his famous Lighthouse QTH at Winthrop, MA?

On 4/3/2015 12:48 PM, k1fz wrote:
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> Years ago there was someone using an inverted V and doing quite well with
> DX. It was later found that he had a long vertical open wire feed line
> that was thought to be acting as vertical antenna.
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> 73
> Bruce-K1FZ
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
> To: <topband at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 10:17 AM
> Subject: Re: Topband: verticals by the sea
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>> Is there any advantage to using an inverted VEE by the sea?  Didn't I 
>> read
>> inverted VEEs had a lot of vertical polarization?
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>> Reason I ask is I plan to do the IOTA contest on an Island in NB or 
>> NS and
>> have not yet decided on an antenna.
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>> Thanks,
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> Mike VE9AA
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