It's not going to radiate any lower than the horizon, and that kind of
low angle is extremely useful for long distances. That can be
appropriate even for QRP, although it might be more propagation
dependent versus making some high angle short skip contacts. If I want
to see how far I can work when backpacking, I'm going with a vertical
unless the ground conductivity is just plain awful.
Dave AB7E
On 7/19/2015 5:07 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
KT5X believes [and I don't disagree] that vertical ground planes on
mountain tops tend to radiate downhill which isn't real useful. If
you're above the timberline, you're probably on a mountain.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
- www.cqp.org
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