Topband: T Top Verticals and yagis

[Mike Waters]

Hi Ed,

I forget what I said, but I am in full agreement with this. :-)

However, during stateside contests such as the ARRL 160, not having some
NVIS would be a disadvantage.

73, Mike
W0BTU

On Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 11:38 AM Ed Sawyer <sawyered at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Mike, I am not sure where you find your information, but  ALL of the
> radiation of a T top vertical is vertically polarized assuming the T
> section
> is balanced.  The whole point of the T is that the horizontal portions of
> the radiation cancel themselves out because they are 180 degs out of phase.
> Providing loading but not distorting the vertical pattern and not using
> that
> wasted horizontal energy.
>
> An inverted L, while simple, is exactly the opposite. A portion of the
> energy is in the vertical section and a portion in the horizontal section.
> ...