[TowerTalk] Omnidirectional antenna for domestic contests. Re: TowerTalk Digest, Vol 154, Issue 18

Richard (Rick) Karlquist richard at karlquist.com
Mon Oct 12 18:04:37 EDT 2015



On 10/12/2015 12:33 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> On 10/12/2015 12:21 PM, n8de at thepoint.net wrote:
>  > Many have previously noted that the lack of a good radial system
>  > produces 'too high' a radiation angle ...
>
> Lack of a good radial system only causes the low angle performance
> to suffer while typically not impacting the high angle performance
> as much.
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV
>

Exactly right.  When I operate mobile (poor ground system),
I can hardly hear anything within a few 100 miles, just like
the vertical at home with a big ground screen.

Rick N6RK


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