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Not necessarily true.  The height of the antenna and distance from metallic objects in the near field are at least as important as the angle.  The ground composition and resistance figure prominently in the mix also.  Perfectly horizontal dipoles work just as well as the variant known as the "inverted vee".  No two antenna installations are going to be exactly the same.  You have to put it up and try it out