Is the polarity of the sending station and receiving station relevant
to this discussion??
That is, a dipole sending station and a dipole receiving station would
tend to out perform a dipole sending station and a vertical receiving
station and vice versa?

Are there more stations with dipoles than stations with verticals?

wrote:

Is the polarity of the sending station and receiving station relevant
to this discussion??

Yes on ground wave VHF/UHF. No on HF skip.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

Cecil Moore wrote:
wrote:

Is the polarity of the sending station and receiving station relevant
to this discussion??

Yes on ground wave VHF/UHF. No on HF skip.

Oops, lest some nitpicker jump in, I should have said "surface
wave", not "ground wave". And I probably should have included
a "usually" while I was at it.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

Cecil Moore wrote:

Cecil Moore wrote:
wrote:
Is the polarity of the sending station and receiving station
relevant
to this discussion??
Yes on ground wave VHF/UHF. No on HF skip.

Oops, lest some nitpicker jump in, I should have said "surface
wave", not "ground wave". And I probably should have included
a "usually" while I was at it.
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Nitpicker alert:

1. You should have not limited the "NO" to HF. Six meters is also a
"NO" for ionospheric skip.

2. Polarity of the signal for ground wave (not surface or space wave)
is indeed important. Vertical polarization works best. Horizontal is
rapidly attenuated.

Bill, W6WRT