I disagree. The inverted Vee, specifically, transmits vertically polarized RF and has about the same gain as a 1/8 wave tee top ground plane vertical, if EZNEC is to be believed. Inverted Vees can also be arranged in arrays. They are useful DX antennas; I got a 559 signal report from a Dutch station early Sunday morning while running 700 watts into an inverted Vee with the apex at about 55'. Note that my QTH is on the west side of the Blue Ridge mountains.
The inverted Vee is easy to deploy (one hoist point), cheap to build (no radials required), and while it won't compare with a full height 1/4 wave vertical for DX, it is not a bad compromise antenna. Plus, if you lower it, it works very well for regional NVIS, especially during the daytime. On 10/10/2016 12:00 PM, topband-requ...@contesting.com wrote: > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 09:25:05 -0400 > From: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbert.schoenb...@gmail.com> > To: topband@contesting.com > Subject: Re: Topband: phased inverted V dipoles > Message-ID: <1dc914c3-fffa-ffa6-60a4-8863173ad...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Probably not worth the effort as any dipoles less than 250 feet high are > serious cloud warmers. > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband