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Why does the Lazy H antenna suck in the real world on 11 meters?
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. . 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 |
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