[Antennas] vertical noise

[Charles Greene]

Kees,

I had heard that too, and may be true if you are well away from the power 
lines.  I have experienced just the opposite, but the transmission lines go 
adjacent to the rear of my lot and they are parallel to my G5RV, and about 
50' away.  So, it depends on your situation.

At 06:14 PM 3/13/2003 -0600, windy10605@juno.com wrote:
>The 80m band (sometimes 40m) is very noisy around here.
>
>I've heard that a typical vertical, even with good ground radials,
>is quite noisy when compared to a dipole especially on 80m and
>40m. This is for both verticals on the ground with a good radial
>system and those elevated and using a counterpoise radial system.
>Also that most AC power distribution noise is vertically polarized.
>What are some comments by those who have used both ?
>
>I'm constructing some really good counterpoise radials for a Butternut
>HF6V vertical about 20ft off the ground ...and am wondering if I
>wouldn't be better off elevating the center point and loading the
>"radials" (without the vertical, of course). At least I'll have a 1/2
>wavelength antenna on all the bands and can use ladder line.
>The vertical isn't a 1/4 wave on all the bands and the only advantage
>I can see is omnidirectional and a low radiation (DX) profile.
>
>I don't want to go the "receive on a loop and transmit on a xxx" ...yet.
>
>73 Kees K5BCQ


73, Chas, W1CG
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