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Very true.
So, another solution is to run two antennas. One horizontal beam for skip and a vertical antenna for local ops. An antenna switch makes it possible to switch between the two. Running a horizontal beam has many added perks. One is that many signals reaching the beam are either vertically, horizontally, or circularly polarized. But if you already have a vertical; then adding a horizontally polarized antenna will literally hear stations that a vertical antenna cannot pick up nearly as well. The next perk is that a horizontally polarized antenna rejects man made noise and interference, making the incoming signal much brighter and clearer. Been there; done that . . .

[QUOTE="Robb, post: 764896, member: 8446"] Very true. So, another solution is to run two antennas. One horizontal beam for skip and a vertical antenna for local ops. An antenna switch makes it possible to switch between the two. Running a horizontal beam has many added perks. One is that many signals reaching the beam are either vertically, horizontally, or circularly polarized. But if you already have a vertical; then adding a horizontally polarized antenna will literally hear stations that a vertical antenna cannot pick up nearly as well. The next perk is that a horizontally polarized antenna rejects man made noise and interference, making the incoming signal much brighter and clearer. Been there; done that . . . [/QUOTE]

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