[SADXA] Fwd: K1N 160 meters

[Wes (N7WS)]

On 2/6/2015 5:35 AM, Jerry wrote:
> Wes:
>
> You sure you didn't work them EME. With an antenna at that height the pattern 
> is straight up.:-)
>
So they say.  But that just means that the maximum is straight up, not that 
there is no radiation at other angles.

The same is oft-stated about verticals vs. horizontal dipoles.  If you examine 
patterns in isolation, the vertical may show greater radiation at lower angles 
than does the horizontal.  But if you overlay them and examine the patterns on 
the same scale, the "high angle" dipole can have better performance at useful 
angles.

I've even worked some DX (VK, ZL8, VP6, etc) using an 80-meter inverted V and my 
barefoot TS870SAT. Might have been radiating a couple of watts :-)