On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 12:35:48 -0500, "Doug Birky"
wrote:

Are you saying that with the inverted V I am more likely to hear the W1AW?

Possibly. If you have the arrl antenna book, see page 7-3, comparing
an inverted v to a flat-top dipole. The flat-top has an oblong
radiation pattern; the inverted v, the pattern is pretty much
circular.

Same thing, page 20.11 of the arrl handbook, which also mentions,
tho', that the inverted v lobes have 8 db gain, less, than the
flat-top.

Sounds like it could be a wash...

bob
k5qwg



Dee D. Flint wrote in message
...

"Doug Birky" wrote in message
...
I am new to HF having just passed my General and code tests. I am
putting
up
a dipole the will be running due East/West at about 40ft. I really have
no
other options for installation and cannot run it North/South. I am in
lower
Michigan. My question is will I be able to make any East Coast contacts
with this? Specifically, I'd like to be able to monitor the W1AW
bulletins,
code runs etc. I am interested in contacting the Southern states, but
would
like to know if the East will be accessable.

Thanks in advance,
Doug Birky
KC8YEC/AG


It may or may not be accessible. However, you can dramatically improve
the
situation by setting the dipole up as an inverted V. As such, it pretty
much becomes omnidirectional.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE