[TowerTalk] Flat top vs Inv Vee

[Edward W. Sleight]

Bill Fisher - W4AN wrote:
> 
> >Model it, and you will see the VERY small difference between an inverted V
> >DIPOLE and a regular dipole.
> 
> I don't care what your computer says.  A flat top dipole will > outperform an
> inverted vee dipole at the same feedpoint height EVERY time.   By more > than a small amount.  This is my experience, and many others that I
> have talked  to over the years.
> 
> 73
> 
> Bill

I would not make definitive statements which you cannot back up. Try
looking a a model of a flat top dipole 90 degrees out of its broadside
layout. An inverted V will beat it to death.

73

Ed

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