[TowerTalk] baluns and wire antenna (kinda long again)

Tom Osborne w7why@mail.coos.or.us
Wed, 31 Dec 1997 01:24:32 +0800


henry gillow-wiles wrote:
> if i was wrong about the v, and it's like a dipole in pattern, then it 
>was still aimed in the wrong direction. 360 and 180 degrees, making me 
>big into w6 land.

Hi Henry. Unless your inverted v is up at least 120 feet or so, it 
doesn't matter what direction you have it oriented as all the rf is going 
straight up anyway. 73
Tom W7WHY

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