True Roy

I should have said something like "approaches" the horizontal

Apologies for the mis-speak

I am also going to have to look into the theory of how much VHF
diffracts and bends so one can choose the right angles grin..

Cheers Bob

Roy Lewallen wrote:

Modeling will show that at great distances from the antenna, the
horizontally radiated field is zero from any horizontally polarized
antenna over ground.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL