On Mon,7/27/2015 6:31 AM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
I don't do many A-B comparisons between the OCF dipole and the
vertical anymore, having seen the results so many times before. Rarely
does the dipole win a shootout by much margin. results are close but
the vertical usually does a little better. One solid exception is
contacting a friend 120 air miles away. Sorry, senior moment (CRS), I
don't recall the band but the OCF worked him well and the vertical was
useless. We chalked it up to takeoff angle. This result is repeatable.
Not surprising. See http://k9yc.com/VertOrHorizontal-Slides.pdf
The problem with OCF dipoles is that you can't choke them to kill the RX
noise.
73, Jim
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