LOWER Inverted VEE APEX

[flintstone mop]

Hello
I like to experiment with aerials somewhat and was wondering about lowering the apex of my VEE from 70 feet to make it equal to the ends to come close to a flat-top dipole. The entire antenna would be 40 feet high total.
Something worth trying? Others are receiving me better on the vertical than the dipole.............hhhmmmmmm

Fred

[Bacon, WA3WDR]

Something's got to be seriously wrong if relative locals are receiving you better on the vertical.  What kind of feed; what tuner?  Also, 40 or 75 meters?

That height should work great on 75, but it might be too close to 1/2 wave height on 40, causing a null at high angles, thereby hurting relatively local coverage.

[N3DRB The Derb]

which 'others' phred?

what band you talkin about? info please, cum awn.

[flintstone mop]

Sorry
I was on 160M and K1QAR heard me better on the vertical, Ted in Mass. I'm in Western Pa. Fran W3SCC Hagerstown was a problem even on the dipole. I think there was a WX front going through and it may have masked everyone's receive with a hissing sound and steady S-9, then it past. I think Fran was having antenna problems. KC8LII and another station near Fort Wayne heard me equally well from both antennas
I have heard of better results with lower antennas for 160M. Max range may only be a couple hundred miles.

fred

[flintstone mop]

Another late thought
I think it was the usual 3 or 4 S unit difference between the two antenna systems.
Ted said I was 40 over on the vertical and much lower on the dipole. No S reading available.
Fred