On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:57:24 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Check out the Inverted-L antenna.

Doesn't the horizontal part of the inverted L need to be as high as
possible for best results? I'd run into the same problems I'm running
into in putting a dipole or inverted V up high enough.

Also check the
vertical Vs horizontal noise level at your QTH.
My 40m vertical had 2 S-units higher noise than
my 80m dipole rendering it useless for weak
signal DX.

I have a fairly high noise level around here on any of the horizontal
antennas I've tried.

But, I have an MFJ-1026 "Deluxe Noise Canceling Signal Enhancer" :-)
that does an amazing job of cutting down the noise IF the noise is
primarily from one general direction (which seems to be the case
around here although I haven't been able to pinpoint it).

That's one of the reasons I wanted to try some kind of a vertical and
see how that worked.

I read somewhere that ground mounted verticals with radials on or
buried in the ground tend to be noisier. Is that true? That's one of
the reasons I was considering the GAP Voyager DX... doesn't require an
extensive radial system.