Topband: Beverages and VK

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 9/16/2020 8:46 AM, Tree wrote:

> antenna.  At a previous QTH - I would sometimes find a low dipole buried in
> a small ravine was my best RX antenna.  Another indicator that a high angle
> was a play.
> 
> Tree N6TR
> 

Observed same thing here with 1/2 wave dipole at 30 feet high.
A similar dipole at 60 feet didn't receive any better.
The beverages rarely beat the dipoles in quality of copy.

Rick N6RK