Hi Kenny I have a similar situation at V47T. The QTH is at the edge of an 1100 ft hill, sloping down around 30degs or more to the Atlantic.
I have tried every kind of 160 antenna over the years. Finally settling on a horizontal dipole at 50ft right at the edge of the hill. It works great. The verticals (Inv L, Tee, C's, slopers) all performed about the same; just OK. The dipole doesn't need radials, a big plus for me. I use beverages for RX so that is not an issue. That said, there is no substitute for a vertical on the beach. You are the master of those! As you know, the proximity to salt water really makes a huge difference on Topband. GL! 73, Andy N2NT On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM Kenny Silverman <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m scouting locations for a low-band trip and I found an interesting > entity that has a dip angle of 30 degrees. > > In this example, there’s a high hill overlooking the ocean, another place > right on the beach. With the low dip angle, does it make sense to go > horizontal if the horizontal polarized antenna takeoff angle is low enough? > > 73 , Kenny K2KW > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
