Mike, I am not sure where you find your information, but ALL of the radiation of a T top vertical is vertically polarized assuming the T section is balanced. The whole point of the T is that the horizontal portions of the radiation cancel themselves out because they are 180 degs out of phase. Providing loading but not distorting the vertical pattern and not using that wasted horizontal energy.
An inverted L, while simple, is exactly the opposite. A portion of the energy is in the vertical section and a portion in the horizontal section. On 160M, whatever the length is of the horizontal section, its not desired energy for DX work. Although it may actually be helpful as a more all-around antenna for local and DX work for this reason. The smaller the ratio of horizontal to vertical, the less this compromise exists. However very few stations that say they are using an inverted L on 160 have 100ft plus of it vertical. Much more typical is 50 - 75 ft. And the horizontal portion is usually longer, sometime a lot longer, than the vertical portion. Ed N1UR _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
