Well I've said it before and I'll doubtless say it again . . . In my experience, most DX propagation on 160m ISN'T low angle (unlike 80m when it nearly always IS.)
For the past 45 years, at several different QTHs I've always used a horizontal co-ax fed halfwave dipole, only 50ft high . . . I'm sure most people would agree I put a respectable DX signal. I've regularly worked all over the world on Top band, and I've never had trouble getting through pile-ups to work Dx-peditions. Plus a dipole at 40 feet will never really be an inverted vee ! (just a horizontal antenna with drooping ends) - You'd have to have the centre at least 100ft high for it to be an inverted vee. Roger G3YRO _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
