[TowerTalk] Vertical dipole other choices?

[Robert Harmon]

Thats the beauty of a vertical dipole.  No need to try and achieve a perfect ground.   My 40M ground plane vertical I had with 8 elevated radials 10 feet above the ground was a good performer for DX but the vertical dipole knocks it socks off, hihi.      I am taking down the horizontal dipole since I only chase DX.   

How is your ground conductivity ?   Mine is very good.

Bob
K6UJ



> On Oct 22, 2020, at 9:39 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
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> I find this very surprising!  A vertical does not really have a low radiation angle unless it is over a perfect ground.  Assuming that your vertical dipole base is near the ground I would expect the 115 ft high dipole blow it away the in the favored direction.
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> John KK9A
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> Robert Harmon k6uj wrote:
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> I actually did the same scenario here.   I have a full size 40M dipole at 115 feet and I fabbed a vertical full size dipole for 40M and hung it from the side of the tower for comaprison.   On DX the vertical won hands down on every sig.   On closer in, stateside stuff stuff the horizontal dipole was the best.  Not suprising, the vertical dipole has a lower angle of radiation.   I also checked to be sure the tower wasn't interacting with the vertical dipole to be sure it didn't screw up th pattern.  I am very pleased with the vertical dipole's performance (for DX)
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> Bob
> K6UJ
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