On 08 Dec 2010 19:14:16 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

In John Ferrell
wrote:

I keep hearing that it takes a beam antenna way up in the air and
lots of power to work DX. I was running 30 watts PSK into an end fed
half wave vertical that is a ground level.

I've got 236 worked and 223 confirmed, running 100 watts into a
vertical.

I keep hearing that the problem with verticals is that they radiate
equally poorly in all directions...

Well, that's true.
Also a truth:
They radiate equally well in all compass points!
John Ferrell W8CCW