[BC] Shively Vertical Antenna question

[Richard Fry]

Mark Humphrey wrote:
> ...   two vertical dipoles, each twisted 0.03 degree off vertical.
> This produces a vertically-polarized ERP of 4,000 watts
>and horizontally-polarized ERP of 1.04 watt.  With this
>miniscule twist, the horizontal power gain is 0.0009!
>If this sounds crazy (and it IS crazy), see the test report:
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LOL.  The technical realities are that even when perfectly plumb, straight 
v-pol dipoles are side-mounted on a typical tower, there would be more 
h-pol generated and radiated from the tower diagonals in that complete 
system than from dipoles mounted 3/100 of a degree off plumb.

And how did they verify that the antenna was installed that way?  That 
surveyor would have his work cut out for him :)

Oh, well.

RF