Hi Ed,
I forget what I said, but I am in full agreement with this. :-)
However, during stateside contests such as the ARRL 160, not having some
NVIS would be a disadvantage.
73, Mike
W0BTU
On Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 11:38 AM Ed Sawyer <sawyered@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Mike, I am not sure where you find your information, but ALL of the
> radiation of a T top vertical is vertically polarized assuming the T
> section
> is balanced. The whole point of the T is that the horizontal portions of
> the radiation cancel themselves out because they are 180 degs out of phase.
> Providing loading but not distorting the vertical pattern and not using
> that
> wasted horizontal energy.
>
> An inverted L, while simple, is exactly the opposite. A portion of the
> energy is in the vertical section and a portion in the horizontal section.
> ...
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