On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 07:43:50 -0400, dxAce
wrote:


The Inverted-vee is a center (or off-center) fed dipole with it's ends lower
than the feedpoint. Rarely a desired design, it usually results from being
unable to elevate both ends equal to the feedpoint of a half wave dipole. It
nonetheless works fairly well and is a "complete" antenna, requiring no
grounding. It is not a vertical antenna as Ace suggested.

They are generally vertically oriented, therefore the 'inverted vee'
designation.

dxAce
Michigan
USA
''Efficiency is less than a horizontal dipole of similar height, but
the radiation pattern is more omni-directional which may be considered
to be an advantage.''

http://www.smeter.net/antennas/inv_vee.php

I think characterising the Inverted V as an ''inferior'' choice is
wrong.