"Jack Twilley" wrote

So who actually has the space and resources to set up an ideal
horizontal dipole on HF with the full length and height as specified
in all the formulas? Wouldn't it be cheaper and easier to set up a
vertical if you could install something that high off the ground?

I thought a 1/2 wave dipole was "the standard". Standard meaning the
traditional use of the dipole for efficiency and common use. I did not know
it was a significant compromise from a full wave length long antenna which
would be impossible to install in most backyards when you talk about 60
meters or higher. If a full wave length dipole is common I never see
references to it either.

Jack Painter
Virginia Beach VA