Michael wrote:
On Jul 5, 10:44 pm, "Hal Rosser" wrote:
I'm not sure, but if the Lazy H has Horizontal polarity and the folks you're
trying to communicate with are using Verticals, there may be quite a bit of
signal loss.
Since you mentioned it was for 11 meters, can we assume you're trying to
communicate without using 'skip'?

It meant for skip. I mean to type 10 meters. Old habits die hard as
I started on the CB band.

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In my area, San Joaquin Valley, Ca--most 10m is on verticals ... while
the guys running the "one size fits all" antennas--or, 80-10m (or, even
160-10m!) are mostly horiz--since a 10m is so easy, they slap up a 10m
vertical also.

The "myth" that most noise is vertically polarized--well, I never
subscribed to that (but, when I was a kid, I first believed it!) Most
runs off above ground power-lines are even, somewhere, around a 45
degree angle (and, above ground power-lines are ALWAYS horiz polarized!
Drive around and look, maybe they do it different in your area ... ???

And, now, most power-lines have went under-ground in my area ...
vertical is fine with me and I don't send my signal skyward or into the
ground, where it may reflect into the stratosphere anyway ...

Regards,
JS