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[TowerTalk] Flat top vs Inv Vee

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Flat top vs Inv Vee
From: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 23:07:05 -0400

>Model it, and you will see the VERY small difference between an inverted V
>DIPOLE and a regular dipole. 

I don't care what your computer says.  A flat top dipole will outperform an
inverted vee dipole at the same feedpoint height EVERY time.   By more than
a small amount.  This is my experience, and many others that I have talked
to over the years.  

73

Bill




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