Contrary to popular belief, sometimes a low dipole CAN be useful on TB.
I worked 9M6 (from here in VE9) one morning(greyline) with a low full
wave dipole up around 30-35' or so while other locals in VE1 and VE9
were hearing virtually nothing.
Not every day that happens of course,(the inverted L usually outshines
the DP 40:1 or so) and my local buddies thought I was joking when I
announced on the packetcluster I had done it.
Run what ya brung seems to be the important thing. I have similar
stories where 6m DX has been worked with the most raggedy cross
polarized low-ish pos antenna while high stacks heard almost nothing, so
never say never when it comes to antennas or prop.
73, Mike VE9AA
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