[TowerTalk] 80 Meter Delta Loop

[Jim Brown]

On 7/24/2024 9:46 AM, sawyered at earthlink.net wrote:
> If your ground is poor – stick with the inverted vee.  If more local
> contacts are important – stick with the inverted vee.
> 
> In my opinion, there is no reason to put up the more complex Delta Loop and
> not make it a vertically polarized antenna.

Hi Ed,

You cited the most important reason in the paragraph above -- vertically 
polarized antennas are strongly dependent on good soil to work well, 
horizontal antennas don't care what the soil is, they only care about 
height. Poor soil is a VERY good reason to NOT bother with any 
vertically polarized antenna.

73, Jim K9YC