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on hf the radiation pattern breaks up on skip making it random at the recieve end. on vhf however, the pattern remains fairly consistant, the problem is that casual (and some dedicated) vhf users don't understand that and will insist that it's not true. during band openings i routinely will copy weak dx stations that can not copy me when they are vertical (i use horizontal, and run qrp), but when i change polarization their signal comes way up and mine can be heard by them. yet when i point out that until i changed polarization, we couldn't work. the other station always insists that there's another reason having nothing to do with polarization, but they never know what (i've heard some pretty wild guesses though).
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