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Re: Topband: Beverages and VK

To: Tree <tree@kkn.net>, Ignacy Misztal <no9e@arrl.net>
Subject: Re: Topband: Beverages and VK
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:09:17 -0700
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On 9/16/2020 8:46 AM, Tree wrote:

antenna.  At a previous QTH - I would sometimes find a low dipole buried in
a small ravine was my best RX antenna.  Another indicator that a high angle
was a play.

Tree N6TR


Observed same thing here with 1/2 wave dipole at 30 feet high.
A similar dipole at 60 feet didn't receive any better.
The beverages rarely beat the dipoles in quality of copy.

Rick N6RK
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