Topband: Inverted V verses inverted L

[Jim Brown]

On 4/19/2020 11:57 AM, terry burge wrote:
> I've been contemplating putting up and inverted V on 160 meter too in hopes it could give me more 'local' coverage and a quieter background noise.

If you're going to add an antenna of that size, a good RX antenna system 
seems a better investment of your time. The only benefit of the inv-V 
(which will be VERY low as a fraction of a wavelength, and thus have 
poor efficiency) is the horizontal polarization for the situations W0FLS 
noted.

73, Jim K9YC