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Actually it applies to ALL frequencies. The exception being if the legs are several quarter wavelengths long like if you were operating a half wave dipole for 80m on 20m or 10m. Then the antenna develops lobes that tend to align with the direction of the wire itself and becomes more end fire than broadside. If you are using an 80m or 40m VEE on 80m or 40m,ie the fundamental frequency for which it was cut, it becomes essentially omnidirectional. I ran an 80m half wave inverted VEE fed with ladderline on all bands and there was essentially no directivity on 80m or 40m and hard to determine on 20m.

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 792781, member: 39"] Actually it applies to ALL frequencies. The exception being if the legs are several quarter wavelengths long like if you were operating a half wave dipole for 80m on 20m or 10m. Then the antenna develops lobes that tend to align with the direction of the wire itself and becomes more end fire than broadside. If you are using an 80m or 40m VEE on 80m or 40m,ie the fundamental frequency for which it was cut, it becomes essentially omnidirectional. I ran an 80m half wave inverted VEE fed with ladderline on all bands and there was essentially no directivity on 80m or 40m and hard to determine on 20m. [/QUOTE]

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