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On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:32:00 -0800, Jim wrote:
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>I can't dispute your mechanical engineering and rigging thoughts, but I
>strongly prefer flat dipoles if I can rig them.
REPLY:
Flat dipoles certainly work, but inverted vees have a couple of
advantages:
1. Easier to erect. Only one support point is needed.
2. With the apex at 1/4 wave above ground and the included angle
approximately 90 degrees, they are almost perfectly omnidirectional in
azimuth. No dead spots like a flat dipole has off the ends.
No antenna is perfect. To each his own.
Bill W6WRT
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