And I'm sure that the reduced ionosphere skip from a vertically polarized VHF signal had nothing to do with the decision?
John(Remembering his misspent youth with the bastard step-child of Ham radio: Citizen's Band.)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Le Roy Limberg" <allimberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Vertical polarised antennas were preferred in the early days because they were not as good pigeon roosts. So roofs kept cleaner.
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