[SixClub] Re: 6 meters Mobile (w/vetical whip)

[Buck]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:sixclub-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Danny Pease
> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 11:17 AM
> To: 'World Wide Six Meter Club'
> Subject: RE: [SixClub] Re: 6 meters Mobile (w/vetical whip)
> 
> Plus polarization doesn't count for much on skywave signals, only on
> line of sight and tropo.  The much lower angle of radiation of the
> vertical actually makes it a much more effective antenna than the
> horizontal loop when they are at heights less than 1/2 wavelength.
> 
> NG9R
> 

It also appears to be VERY directional, at least on moderately weak signals.
If I don't have at least one bar on my s-meter, when I round a slight curve,
I lose the station.  Stronger stations survive all but the sharpest turns
and even some of them.  

73,
Buck


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