[TowerTalk] re Radials

[Roger D Johnson]

Roger D Johnson wrote:
> hasan schiers wrote:
> 
>> And none of the studies I am seeing reflect high angle arrival of dx signals 
>> on 80/160. Higher than on 20m and above yes, high enough for a low dipole to 
>> be competitive, absolutely not.
> 
> I beg to differ. Signals often come in at high angles during sunset and
> sunrise. My friend K1UO worked JT1 on 160m at his local sunset using an
> inverted V with apex at 60ft during such an opening! The chaps with
> verticals were inaudible.
> 
> 73, Roger
> 

I'm not sure that my above statement applies in all areas of the world.
Bob Brown, NM7M, has done some interesting work on 160m propagation that
suggests that horizontal antennas might actually outperform verticals in
certain areas.

73, Roger

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