"Reg Edwards" wrote
Regardless of its noise properties, a quarter-wave and higher vertical
radiates more low-angle power than a half-wave horizontal dipole.
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That depends on its r-f ground. Horizontal plane radiation from a 1/4-wave
vertical could be worse than the horizontal 1/2-wave dipole if all of the
induced ground currents around the vertical aren't collected and returned to
the tx/antenna system.

And verticals of some heights have zero radiation in the horizontal plane --
one wavelength, for example.

RF