On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:24:26 -0700, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
>Any explanation of verticals needs to address the demonstrated
>fact that they work very well on 160 meters, and still work well
>on 80 meters but gradually become ineffective as the frequency
>goes up.
I'm convinced that it is the result of how vertically polarized
waves and horizontally polarized waves are propagated. During the
contest this afternoon, I will use only my vertical, because it's a
good 6-10 dB better than my 100 ft high horizontal dipole at
distances of 400-1,000 miles.
73,
Jim K9YC
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