[600MRG] Dipole vs Marconi - T screen capture

[Brian Pease]

Antennas can do strange things.  I have a full size dipole in northern 
VT over average ground, only 6 feet in the air, strung from tree to 
tree, with vertical radiation off the ends and nulls broadside.  I am 
regularly spotted by W7IUV in central Washington (including tonight) 
only a few degrees from broadside.  I guess some of that horizontal 
radiation is getting loose!
On 1/23/2014 10:30 PM, Andy - KU4XR wrote:
> They say a picture is worth a thousand words so:
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49203948/Dipole%20vs%20Marconi.bmp
>
>  From the left side, to the right side:
>
> This is a 2 hour capture.. from 20:10 to 21:10 , I was using the antenna in the
> Dipole configuration with sloping legs.. At 21:10 to 22:10 , I configured it as a
> Marconi - T with sloping legs.. It is easy to visually see the difference in signal
> strength on the waterfall.. In the Marconi configuration XXM went way down, and
> XKA just disappeared.. At 22:10 local time, I put it back in the Dipole configuration
> with the short leg of the Windom Inductively loaded.. Immediately, XXM went clearly
> audible, but as of this writing, XKA has not come back.. possibly a deep fade right
> at that time period.. Assuming is not always the best thing to do, However; I will
> assume that what the antenna does on receive, it is a good probability that it will
> act in the same manner on transmit... This may not be correct, it is only my
> assumption... Thoughts, and comments on the matter will be appreciated, and
> gleaned for future reference..
>
> 73:
>
> Andy - KU4XR
>
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