I don't know why people say verticals are more noisy.  I had a butternut 
up here for years and now a scorpion screw driver on my roof, and I find 
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


them much quieter than my wire antennas.  On Fri, 1 Feb 2013, Ian 
Westerland wrote:

> Interesting discussion and, in part, it depends on what you want to
> achieve in working either locally or DX.  My experience has been that
> the Inverted V is not quite as effective for DX as a vertical with
> the radials and there is the noise factor.  A vertical seems to bring
> in more noise than the Inverted V.
>
> I am contemplating a vertical for 40 meters for DX and a monoband
> folded di pole for local contacts.  My yard is going to look like an
> antenna farm but radio is my main hobby.
>
> Hopefully you will tell us what you finally decide to do.
>
>
> 73
>
>
> Ian, VK3vin
>
>
>
>
> At 05:49 PM 1/02/2013, you wrote:
>> Which ever you like.  Non-trap antennas are broader in band width.  The real
>> secret is the 32 radials.
>> If you have room for that, why not put up an inverted Vee and save lots of
>> money?
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