Art, KB9MZ wrote:
"---the comparisons are all over the place and hard to follow."

When the title reads: "Does phasing verticals work better than a
dipole?" that could be expected to evoke confusing replies. Hams play
antenna favorites, often when the favorites aren`t justified.

I think it would be worth while to see what the most successful DXers
actually use. ON4UN has tried to do this in "Low-Band DXing". Many use
separate antennas for receiving and transmitting. The goal is signal to
noise ratio on reception. The goal is effective radiated power on the
target for transmission.

Many Beverages are listed to receive the DX signal. At 80m, there are
Yagis, slopers, Vees, etc. to transmit. At 160m, there are quite a few
inverted Vees and other antennas which seem to trend to vertical
polarization. The antennas may be too large to rotate and
omnidirectionality may be accepted without so much struggle. Multiple
directional transmitting antennas might be a better solution if the
resources are available. You may only need a few hundred acres.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI