Hi Ken,

As you are finding out, "working" is a variable definition. Optimum
antennas would be 6 elements a mike high, but antennas do work at all
heights above ground, and with the help of propagation can do great things.
All my antennas are below 40 feet off the ground and I still make contacts,
including DX contacts, with vertical and wire dipoles and a G5RV.

Good luck and good DX,

Bill, W4WNT

"Ken Bessler" wrote in message
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As I understand it, my dipole shoudn't work - it's flat
(non inverted V), it's laid out running east / west so
the radiation should be going north and south and it's
only 20-25 feet above ground.

The antenna is a coax fed (no balun), 220' long 80/160
trap dipole.

By my way of thinking, this antenna should almost be a
NVIS antenna.

If so, how did I manage a QSO with K7NN on 1.893
last night? Tuscon, AZ from Wichita, KS on 100w.
EM17ip to DM42li on 160m at 04:00z

Am I missing something here?
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