necro thread bump! I made a dipole using solid romax electrical wiring and it worked good even though tuning it was weird given location right under and next to metal gutters. so...

my question is what difference does it make to the radiation pattern if V or inverted v as opposed to straight horizontal? would one favor local or dx over the other? how important is the angle too? I wouldn't be able to make it right angles but more shallow. also, as I'm against a hillside I don't care about rearward propagation, only forward. the sides don't even matter to me either pretty much unidirectional but I seriously don't think I can put up a beam. a vertical dipole on a corner of the house is a possibility but up on the second floor plenty of room for a horizontal dipole straight or v'd. having both on an a-b switch would be too cool.