Dave,
Re "It's not going to radiate any lower than the
horizon..." -- I'd swear, based on on-the-air
results, that I've had a few antennas which
achieved that dubious distinction :-)
73, Phil W7OX
On 7/19/15 9:52 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
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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