Quite a bit of the radiation from 5/8 wave verticals is at relatively high elevation angles - above 40 degrees elevation.
(Perhaps useful for VHF mobiles that need to hit mountain top or hill-top repeaters) Charlie, K4OTV -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Waters Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:53 AM To: topband Subject: Re: Topband: 5/8 wavelength vertical is mo betta than shorterversions?? A lot of hams on 160m have been similarly "shocked". :-) 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Niko Cimbur <[email protected]> wrote: > > We were shocked to find that the existing 1/4 wl performed better than the > much taller [5/8 wave] Vertical. > _________________ Topband Reflector _________________ Topband Reflector
