> I have seen two posts now claiming that an inverted vee works better
> than a vertical for receiving on 160 meters for both DX and local (at
> So
> what is it about an inverted vee that makes it better for your
> situation? Any speculation?
Very simple. I am limited by terrestrial noise. That noise propagates
only by vertically polarized ground wave. A horizonatally polarized
antenna cancels out this noise. The signals are reduced, but the noise
is reduced more.
On my mobile setup, the noise is S9 at my QTH. If I drive to an
area with no power lines, the noise goes to S0. At that location,
a vertical would make a fine receive antenna. There is also a huge
change in noise when the band opens. Unlike my home QTH.
> Here's a piece of information that may/or may not be helpful. An
> inverted vee that is very short (very high SWR), fed with coax and no
> balun, will have high common mode feedline currents, and function a lot
> like a vertical. If the feedline is placed next to something, like a
> tower, the feedline will couple to the tower.
Of course you MUST decouple the feedline to play this game. I use a
2.4 inch toroid wound with 15 turns of RG58 for my inverted vee balun.
Rick N6RK
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