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Old January 13th 07, 05:52 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Better for DX: Vertical or dipole?


Cecil Moore wrote:


Performance wise, I don't think you could tell the real
vertical from the T except for the T's lower feedpoint
impedance.
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73, Cecil, http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


The T is better if he wants it to act like a DX vertical.
The L is ok, but if the horizontal wire is fairly long,
there will be a good bit of horizontal radiation.
This can be good for a mix of NVIS and DX, but
for DX only, the T is usually better. The T will have
an overhead null the same as a normal monopole.
I'd say most peoples L's on 160 have more horizontal
wire than vertical... :/ I know mine did. I could only
get mine about 45 ft vertical . That left 80-90 ft running
across the backyard. I often feed my coax fed dipoles
as a top hat vertical on 160 by shorting the coax, and
feeding as a vertical. At the moment I have a turnstile on
80m, and a dipole on 40. "6 legs total"
The 4 60 ft wires make a good "X" top hat..
MK