Roger Every dipole or inverted V irradiate 50% of the power horizontal polarized broadside with the wire and 50% of the power vertical polarized along the wire. After the first refraction it does not matter.
This is an electro-magnetic wave law. You can check that on EZENEC, it is not a anecdote. The advantage over vertical 1/4 wave antenna is efficiency. The vertical efficiency depends on the ground plane resistance, it is common to see invert L with only 50 % irradiated power, the other 50% is dissipated on the ground. "In Theory, we know everything, but nothing works" "In Practice, everything works, but we don't know why" We never will fully understand the 160m band. 73's JC N4IS _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector