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ml wrote:

the reviews i see i personally average as some signals would prob
come in bettter on one and some signals the other 'depending'

but i guess i can't quantify if at the end of the day i'd say wow
really glad i had that vert or if perhaps having a 2nd antenna
would really net me only a marginal end of year bunch of extra qso's

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For a couple of years I had a 40 meter half-wave dipole and a 40 meter
ground plane with elevated radials. Both were at about the same height
and had full size elements (no loading coils). I'd say about 95% of the
time the performance was nearly identical between the two, but there
were times when one would outperform the other, but not by much.

If you are in an environment with high man made noise, you will find
the horizontal dipole is quieter, but otherwise I would just put up
which ever is easier mechanically, or ideally, put up both.

Bill, W6WRT