It's unfortunate that there's not enough room on the reflector to illustrate the relationships involved.
At the appropriate angle an inverted vee dipole mimics two of the four lobes of half of a rhombic. Actually, if the truth were known, the ease of installation with just one support is the determining factor for most .... And, a rhombic "wastes" much radiation in achieving the gain it does produce. Later I'll have more OT comment about the absurd G5RV. 73 ! K0PP On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, 14:46 K9MA <k...@sdellington.us wrote: > A flat dipole will have slightly more gain than an inverted V at the same > height. The inverted V will also have to be a bit longer. > > 73, > Scott K9MA > > ---------- > > Scott Ellington. K9MA > > --- via iPhone > > > On Dec 7, 2018, at 2:24 PM, Dick Dickinson <softb...@windstream.net> > wrote: > > > > Oh…I guess I tend to think of dipoles as being linear in > configuration…such as horizontal dipole, etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > Dick – KA5KKT > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > An inverted vee IS a dipole. > > > > > > > > -John NI0K > > > > > > > > Dick Dickinson wrote on 12/7/2018 2:55 PM: > > > >> Why is there so much promotion of dipole antennas over inverted vee > type antennas? > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Kindly, > > > >> > > > >> Dick – KA5KKT > > > >> > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to k...@sdellington.us > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to elecraftcov...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
