Well I've said it before and I'll doubtless say it again . . .
In my experience, most DX propagation on 160m ISN'T low angle (unlike 80m
when it nearly always IS.)
For the past 45 years, at several different QTHs I've always used a
horizontal co-ax fed halfwave dipole, only 50ft high . . . I'm sure most
people would agree I put a respectable DX signal. I've regularly worked all
over the world on Top band, and I've never had trouble getting through
pile-ups to work Dx-peditions.
Plus a dipole at 40 feet will never really be an inverted vee ! (just a
horizontal antenna with drooping ends) - You'd have to have the centre at
least 100ft high for it to be an inverted vee.
Roger G3YRO
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