"Ken Bessler" wrote
As I understand it, my dipole shoudn't work - it's flat
(non inverted V), it's laid out running east / west so
the radiation should be going north and south and it's
only 20-25 feet above ground.

The antenna is a coax fed (no balun), 220' long 80/160
trap dipole.

By my way of thinking, this antenna should almost be a
NVIS antenna.

If so, how did I manage a QSO with K7NN on 1.893
last night? Tuscon, AZ from Wichita, KS on 100w.
EM17ip to DM42li on 160m at 04:00z

Am I missing something here?
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73's es gd dx de Ken KGØWX
Grid EM17ip, Flying Pigs #1055,
List Owner, Yahoo! E-groups:
VX-2R & FT-857

fwiw, last night the low bands had phenomenal propagation.

At about 0600z I was copying 2182 khz loud and clear in Virginia Beach, VA
from USCG ComSta Kodiak Alaska, Canadian Coast Guard St Johns, Newfoundland,
and USCG Group San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Jack Painter
Virginia Beach, Virginia