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Here's another graphic for you chaps to consider, both models have a minimum height of 0.5m, so when you see 0m height, it is actually 0.5m, this model has the horizontal dipole at approximately 1/2WL high and I've varied the height of the vertical dipole from 0.5m up to 5.5m, this is so we can compare the antennas at current maxima and minima

All antenna parameters are the same, no correction for VSWR, so length, diameter, segments etc are all the same, it makes sense of course to correct these if you were to deploy the antenna

Still not sure about the gain of a horizontal dipole, don't take my word for it, how about that of the ARRL antenna handbook, check out chapter 3 page 12 and the graphic on page 18.

Model this over saltwater or a perfect ground, and the tables turn, I'd have the vertical this time

<blockquote data-quote="northern35s" data-source="post: 407613" data-attributes="member: 17216">Here&#039;s another graphic for you chaps to consider, both models have a minimum height of 0.5m, so when you see 0m height, it is actually 0.5m, this model has the horizontal dipole at approximately 1/2WL high <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> and I&#039;ve varied the height of the vertical dipole from 0.5m up to 5.5m, this is so we can compare the antennas at current maxima and minima<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/sambosun/Dipole-comparison_zps8fa74678.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />All antenna parameters are the same, no correction for VSWR, so length, diameter, segments etc are all the same, it makes sense of course to correct these if you were to deploy the antenna <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Still not sure about the gain of a horizontal dipole, don&#039;t take my word for it, how about that of the ARRL antenna handbook, check out chapter 3 page 12 and the graphic on page 18.Model this over saltwater or a perfect ground, and the tables turn, I&#039;d have the vertical this time <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="northern35s, post: 407613, member: 17216"] Here's another graphic for you chaps to consider, both models have a minimum height of 0.5m, so when you see 0m height, it is actually 0.5m, this model has the horizontal dipole at approximately 1/2WL high ;) and I've varied the height of the vertical dipole from 0.5m up to 5.5m, this is so we can compare the antennas at current maxima and minima [IMG]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/sambosun/Dipole-comparison_zps8fa74678.jpg[/IMG] All antenna parameters are the same, no correction for VSWR, so length, diameter, segments etc are all the same, it makes sense of course to correct these if you were to deploy the antenna ;) Still not sure about the gain of a horizontal dipole, don't take my word for it, how about that of the ARRL antenna handbook, check out chapter 3 page 12 and the graphic on page 18. Model this over saltwater or a perfect ground, and the tables turn, I'd have the vertical this time ;) [/QUOTE]

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