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[Jim Brown]

On 1/14/2020 2:53 PM, donovanf at starpower.net wrote:
> I've had 160 horizontal dipoles at 100 feet and 200 feet high and
> I've never experienced a situation where their performance
> approached the consistent excellent performance of my verticals.
> 

Same experience here. When I first moved to W6 in 2006, I rigged both a 
horizontal dipole at about 120 ft and a 75 ft Tee vertical with a lot 
on-ground radials, and for a year or two, switched between them on most 
stations. That horizontal dipole rarely outperformed the Tee vertical, 
and the vertical was often a LOT better. Most striking difference was in 
the 2-3 hours of daylight between 2 pm and 5 pm local, which is when 160 
contests start on the west coast. Running legal limit with the vertical, 
I could regularly work 800 miles or so, usually one call. With the 
dipole, never even a QRZ?

73, Jim K9YC